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The Ministry of Education is pleased with the improvements that Guyanese students have made in a number of subject areas at the CXC Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examination. The Official results were released today showing improvements in the main subjects of mathematics and english as well as in the science subjects. Improved performances have been […]
A Thursday afternoon meeting between the Education Ministry and the Guyana Teachers Union ended with a number of agreements reached, but with the issue of salary increases still finding no common ground. After the nearly three hour meeting, an upbeat GTU President, Mark Lyte, told reporters that the GTU is holding firm to its position […]
The runway has been cleared and US Carrier American Airlines has been granted full approval by the Government to begin its touchdown into the Guyana market. Minister of State, Joe Harmon, announced at his post-cabinet press briefing today, that the Cabinet has granted its full approval for the airline to start its schedule service to […]
A team of eight US Congressmen are set to visit Guyana in the coming weeks as part of a familiarisation visit. The names of the Congressmen or the states they represent have not been released as yet. But Guyana’s Minister of State, Joe Harmon, confirmed that the US Government officials will be here and the […]
Its back to the negotiation table today for the Guyana Teachers Union and the Ministry of Education as the Government tries to avert the planned strike action by the nation’s teachers. The GTU has accepted an invitation by the Education Minister to meet this afternoon at her Brickdam office to further discuss the issue of […]
Days before delegates of the People’s National Congress Reform meet to vote on the party’s leadership, former General Secretary, Aubrey Norton, has jumped into the Vice Chairman’s race. In an announcement on his Facebook page this evening, Mr. Norton said his decision is based on the request of many of his party comrades. His decision […]
The President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Mark Lyte, is disputing statements made by the Education Minister, Nicolette Henry that the GTU and the Ministry were set to meet again to deal wit negotiations about the salary for teachers. Speaking to reporters today, the GTU President said following the counter proposal pushed forward by the […]
The Minister of Education is hoping to meet with the Guyana Teachers Union this week, even as the Union is preparing for nationwide strike action by teachers, set to begin at the end of the month. In a statement released last evening through the Ministry of the Presidency, Education Minister, Nicolette Henry, said the GTU […]
The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Mark Lyte, believes that the planned strike action by teachers nationwide could be averted if the Government presents a feasible and acceptable proposal. The GTU has called on teachers to begin strike action from August 27 until further notice, to press the President David Granger led government to […]
Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, on Monday blasted persons he described as “self appointed experts on oil”, over their doom and gloom outlook for the oil industry in Guyana. Gaskin was at the time speaking at the launching of the American Chamber in Guyana at the Marriott Hotel. He said while Guyanese should not bend […]
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