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Chief Education Officer (CEO), Saddam Hussain admitted under oath today that he has no records of “negotiations” taking place between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) as he took the witness box for a second day in the case brought against the Government, over its alleged failure to engage the Union […]
An irritated Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon declared that the Guyana Government wants to see the names of the persons or organizations that made submissions to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in the name of transparency. The Government has been firing off at the UN Human Rights Committee after its members raised concern […]
The issue of the prolonged absence of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice, made it to the floor of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Wednesday as Guyana was under its periodic review. Vice President of the Committee Mr. José Manuel Santos Pais , stated that by not confirming judges, it exposes the judiciary to […]
Just one year into its term in office, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has reported that it has received a total of 80 complaints of ethnic and racial discrimination with five of those complaints requiring the attention of the Guyana Police Force. The announcement came today from the Chairman of the ERC, Shaikh Moeenul Hack. […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, is not happy with the line of questioning that the Government has been facing in its appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Speaking during his weekly programme “Issues in the News”, Mr. Nandlall said some of the questions are bordering on propaganda, while others […]
by Svetlana Marshall The hearing in the case brought against the Government by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over the alleged failure to engage in Collective Bargaining on financial matters, commenced today with the GTU’s Vice President, Julian Cambridge, maintaining that financial matters as proposed by the Union were not discussed in the statutory meetings […]
Guyana appeared today for the third consecutive day before the UN Human Rights Committee and one of the issues raised was the Government’s perceived control over state media and influence over some privately owned media. American Human Rights Advocate, Laurence Helfer who sat on the Committee, said the Committee was concerned about reports of the […]
President Irfaan Ali has rushed to the defence of his Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, in wake of questions from the United Nations Human Rights Committee about the absence of an investigation into corruption allegations that were leveled against the Vice President. The President is accusing “Opposition operatives” of furnishing the UN Human Rights body of […]
The Joint Ministerial Committee of Suriname and Guyana met on Tuesday in Paramaribo to further work out the financing modalities for the construction of the Corentyne River bridge. The meeting was held as part of the ongoing process to pursue the Bridge across the Corentyne River, which will easily connect Suriname and Guyana. The process […]
High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon, today gave the Government 24hrs to produce records of the discussions with the Guyana Teachers’ Union on the issue of collective bargaining. The Judge made the order today after listening to arguments from the GTU’s Attorney Darren Wade and from the Attorney General Anil Nandlall on the GTU’s most recent […]
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