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By Svetlana Marshall The oil spill along the south-western coast of Tobago, which has caused extensive pollution, has been linked to two vessels that were on their way to Guyana from Panama, according to Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of National Security. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of National Security said the vessels – […]
By Svetlana Marshall Backed by a number of its past presidents, the current Executive of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) today defended the Chamber’s decision to lobby the US-Exim Bank to approve a US$660M loan to the Government of Guyana to finance part of the US$1.7 Billion Gas-to-Energy Project. Last Thursday, Vice […]
The former Chief Executive Officer of the Linden Hospital Complex, Rudy Small, has issued a public apology to the nurses of Linden for defamatory comments that he made against them back in 2021, when he claimed that they would sign in for duty then leave the hospital to be with their “sweet man”. Two weeks […]
The Guyana Teachers’ Union has revealed that a small number of teachers have returned to their classrooms in light of the Government’s decision to cut their salaries. However, the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte, today said the majority of teachers remain resolute, and are not prepared to head back to school […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has declared that the government is not fazed by the moves by the Guyana Teachers’ Union to challenge the Government’s decision to cut the salaries of striking teachers, as it maintains that the strike is illegal. The Ministries of Education and Local Government announced on Monday that they will be deducting […]
More than 50 drivers and salesmen from local conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited, parked their trucks in protest today, over the company’s commission package for sales. The workers have accused the company of repeatedly failing to offer them a “reasonable” commission on their monthly sales. As they stood outside of the new Banks DIH’s multi-million dollar […]
The Guyana Teachers’ Union has initiated Court action, seeking to block the Government from its plan to cut the salaries of striking teachers, and to get the Government to continue deducting union dues from the salaries of teachers for the union. In an application to the Court this afternoon, the GTU through Attorney Darren Wade, […]
The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte today said the Union is preparing for an “indefinite” strike action, with the backing of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and other affiliates, even as it mulls Court action in wake of the Government’s refusal to negotiate salary […]
Officials from the Ministry of Labour, who are probing the death of a Venezuelan worker at the Vreed-en-hoop shore base facility construction site, visited the scene on Monday as part of their investigations. 36-year-old Venezuelan national, Rusbel Azocar, died on Saturday evening after he fell into a hole at the construction site on the artificial […]
As the United Nations Security Council convened a debate today on Climate Change and its impact on food security, Guyana expressed concern over the increase in occurrences of extreme climate events and the challenges that they pose, not only to food security, but also to conflict and displacement of citizens in various parts of the […]
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