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Government Member of the Public Account Committee, Works Minister Juan Edghill believes a dangerous precedence was set where Public Officers were obtaining credit from suppliers for various items and services for Government agencies. He has warned that such a practice is in breach of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act since the Government should not […]
The Ministry of Labour’s Chief Co-operative and Development Officer, Janaknauth Panchu, has blocked the new Management Committee of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union from taking office until information regarding last Saturday’s Special General Meeting and Elections is provided. The outgoing Committee of Management, led by Karen Vansluytman-Corbin, has protested last Saturday’s Elections, saying […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Senior Counsel Shalimar Ali-Hack, has discontinued murder charges against former Police Detective Derwin Eastman, six years after he was first charged and remanded to prison. The decision was reportedly based on a lack of evidence to get a conviction. Eastman was charged and remanded to jail in 2017 for the […]
President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte is confident that the GTU will be able to secure a “substantial package” for teachers when it meets with the Ministry of Education on its proposed multi-year agreement. The talks are expected to begin within 48 hours of the resumption of work by teachers, who are […]
Five days after the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit issued a wanted bulletin for his arrest, former national cycling champion, Tyrone Hamilton, turned himself in to the CANU investigators this morning in the company of his lawyer, Nigel Hughes. Last Wednesday, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit issued wanted bulletins for Hamilton and another man, Gavin McKie, as […]
Major drama erupted at the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union head office this morning as the outgoing Management Committee refused to make way for the new Management Committee which was elected at last Saturday’s Special General Meeting. A team headed by former Chairman of the Credit Union, Trevor Benn, won Saturday’s elections, but the […]
Former Chairman of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union, Trevor Benn, who was ousted by his own Management Committee almost two years ago, is set to return to his position with a new Management Committee, after his slate swept the Credit Union elections on Saturday. Benn, who has been credited by members for turning […]
The Court ordered mediation between the Government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union is set to continue this morning, with the two sides possibly looking at the things that should be put in place for a resumption of work by striking teachers. This week marks the fifth week since teachers across the country have been on […]
A New and United Guyana, which is one of the three Joinder list parties that won a seat in the National Assembly at the last elections, is accusing the leader of one of the other parties of refusing to give up her parliamentary seat to allow the ANUG representative into the National Assembly. Under their […]
President Irfaan Ali has restated his position that he is prepared to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart, President Nicolas Maduro, to strengthen relations between Guyana and Venezuela, while the International Court of Justice is dealing with the ongoing border controversy matter. Addressing the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in […]
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