By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2023
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall The 5th Triennial Delegates Conference of the Guyana Trade Unions Congress opened on Wednesday evening with its leaders renewing their commitment to champion the rights of workers, even as they expressed concern over what they consider to be the Government’s side-lining of trade unions. In his opening address, GTUC General Secretary, Lincoln […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2023
News, Politics
Public Sector Workers as well as the country’s Senior Citizens will see an additional $25,000 in their December income, President Irfaan Ali announced today. The President has promised to make another adjustment soon in the salaries of Public Sector workers. The $25,000 one off payment, according to the President, is for cost-of-living relief measures. A […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2023
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali has announced adjustments to salaries and benefits to some categories of teachers, indicating that the announcement forms part of his government’s commitment to correct anomalies and disparities across comparable positions within the public service. A few weeks ago, the President met with a selected group of senior teachers from across the country […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali has ordered a full and complete investigation into the circumstances surrounding the early release of convicted murderer, Bibi Gopaul, who was jailed for the 2010 murder of her teenage daughter Neesa Gopaul. Gopaul was quietly released weeks ago following the reduction of her time behind bars based on the questionable calculations put […]
By News Source Guyana on November 8, 2023
News, Politics
The US Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is continuing its support of Guyana’s health sector. Newly appointed US Ambassador Nicole D. Theriot has handed over 13 solar-powered vaccine refrigerators to the Ministry of Health. The pieces of equipment, which are valued at US$160,000, will be used in health care centers […]
By News Source Guyana on November 8, 2023
News, Politics
Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai has indicated that Indigenous Guyanese, particularly those residing in the North West District near the border with Venezuela, have found themselves living in fear amid the build-up of Venezuelan military troops close to the Guyana border. While rejecting Venezuela’s claims to two-thirds of Guyana’s territory, Minister Sukhai told the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2023
News, Politics
With the Guyana Power and Light Company still facing a shortfall in power generation and the availability of power to meet peak demand, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, is assuring the business community that the power company and the government are doing their best to limit and manage the ongoing power […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
As a member of the United Nations (UN), Venezuela by virtue of the Charter of the United Nations, is bound by the decisions of the UN and by extension, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Attorney General Anil Nandlall said as he stood in support of the Motion in the National Assembly denouncing Venezuela’s planned […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2023
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
While not calling her by name, Guyana’s Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Monday chided Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley over her recent statements on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy. At a Party Congress Meeting in Barbados, the Prime Minister made reference to the border controversy, describing Venezuela as a “good sister” to Barbados, while calling on […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2023
News, Politics
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has described Venezuela as “a regional bully” for its ongoing aggression towards Guyana and its planned referendum on Guyana’s Essequibo region. On Monday evening, the National Assembly passed a Resolution denouncing as provocative and unlawful, the December 3 Referendum planned by Venezuela. “The 1899 Arbitral Award was the basis […]