By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2018
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The Berbice River Bridge company is announcing new tolls effective from November 12 and the company appears not to be budging from its position this time, even after the objection of the Government. The Government has once again turned down the company’s plan to increase the tolls by more than 150% for various types of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2018
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Two weeks after launching the opening of its law firm in Houston, Texas to work along with companies looking to invest in Guyana’s oil and gas sector, the Hughes, Fields and Stoby Law Firm has found itself in defence mode. The company issued a statement this morning in response to a front page story in […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2018
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The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union this afternoon announced that they have reached an agreement for salary increases for teachers. Under the new agreement, which covers the years 2016 to 2018, teachers will now see a 12% increase on their salaries for 2016, an 8% increase for 2017 and another 8% increase […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2018
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The call by the Alliance For Change for there to be public debates between candidates for the upcoming Local Government Elections, has been shot down by PPP General Secretary and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo. Mr. Jagdeo said the call by the AFC is nothing more than a “sham”, since he believes the party currently has […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2018
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With smiles on their faces, Education Officials and Officials of the Guyana Teachers Union emerged from a more than two hour meeting at the Education Ministry appearing confident that the standoff over salary increases would be coming to an end soon. While tight-lipped on the meeting and proposals made, the two sides issued a joint […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2018
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The Alliance For Change today indicated that it is moving ahead with a “fired up” campaign for the local government elections to showcase its “fit and proppa” candidates, but the party is now contesting in less local government areas than it had intended. Today, party officials revealed that the party will be contesting the elections […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2018
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The Alliance For Change has indicated its readiness to have its candidates for the local government elections take part in public debates against the other candidates. At a press conference this morning, AFC Local Government Elections Campaign Manager, David Patterson said the party wants the candidates to take part in public debates and has even […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2018
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President David Granger has described as “astonishing”, the raising of matters by the Guyana Teacher’s Union General Secretary in the press, that he says, were not raised at the two most recent meetings with Government officials. The President’s statement came this morning as he responded to questions about a possible rejection by the Union of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2018
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With the arbitration process at a standstill, the Government has made a new offer to teachers through the Guyana Teachers Union and the union is expected to indicate by tomorrow whether it accepts the offer. GTU officials met yesterday with President David Granger and officials of the Education Ministry. The President convened the meeting and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2018
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In wake of the GTU threatening strike action once again, President David Granger convened a meeting with the executive members of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry and a team from her Ministry. According to the Ministry of the Presidency, the two sides are now closer to a […]