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The current strike action by teachers is expected to continue for the remainder of the week and into next week, as the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education ended the second day of their talks with no agreement on the Terms of Resumption, to allow for the process of Conciliation. Officials from […]
Demerara Distillers Limited is seeking the intervention of the Government of Guyana and CARICOM over Trinidad and Tobago’s rejection of a shipment of packaged milk and the restriction of the entry of flavoured water exported by the company. At a late afternoon press conference, DDL’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Komal Samaroo explained that the […]
Executive Member of the People’s Progressive Party and former Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall, while being interrogated by the Police today on the latest sexual assault report made against him, repeatedly denied the allegations, which was made by a former employee of the Local Government Ministry. A report was filed last week by the former employee, […]
The Guyana Prison Service has launched a search for convicted prisoner, Jose Awad, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison while labouring at the snackette in the compound of the Cecil Kilkenny training school. The prisoner made his escape at around 1pm today. He was serving a two-year sentence for break and enter, and simple larceny. […]
Opposition Spokesperson on Foreign Relations, Member of Parliament Amanza Walton-Desir has issued a call for the Government of Guyana to counter the disinformation that has been coming out of Venezuela in recent days. In a statement, MP Walton-Desir highlighted recent video of a bridge being built by Venezuelan troops, with the claim by Caracas that […]
After meeting for more than six hours, the first day of concilliation talks between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education ended in gridlock this afternoon, with the two sides failing to meet a compromise on the particulars to be discussed, including the timeline for the wage talks. The meeting will continue […]
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that the Guyana Police Force is in receipt of a criminal complaint alleging rape and sexual assault that was filed against former Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall. After refusing to answer questions on the allegations for the past three days, the Guyana Police Force broke its silence this […]
Former Minister of Finance under the APNU+AFC Government, Winston Jordan, is suing the State for more than $1.2 Billion over his wrongful prosecution back in 2021 and the breach of his Constitutional rights. Through his Attorney, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, the former Minister filed two applications in the High Court seeking hundreds of millions of […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC believes the Government is still ignoring the impact that the rise in the cost of living is having on citizens. At a press conference today, the Economic Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition, Elson Lowe, said more than three months since the passage of Budget 2024, there is still no word […]
A former official of the current Government is facing allegations of rape and sexual assault by a woman, who said she worked at the Government agency he was in charge of. At a virtual press conference today, a former employee of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development chronicled details of an alleged rape […]
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