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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A clearly incensed and frustrated Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, today complained that the Elections Commission has found itself facing “designs and machinations to stymie the operation and coming into force, the coming elections”. GECOM Chairman, Justice James Patterson, told reporters at a press conference today that there is “mischief afoot internal and as […]
A power outage in several parts of the city that went on for over four hours today, forced the Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo to move his weekly press conference from the comfort of his office and into the yard. Mr. Jagdeo began his press conference by apologising to the media for outdoor presser but explained […]
-by Dennis Glasgow- The Guyana Teacher Union is once again threatening strike action as it maintains a call for the Minister responsible for Labour, Keith Scott, to withdraw the appointment of a Chairman for the Arbitration panel examining the salary dispute. GTU President Mark Lyte called a press conference this midday and expressed the union’s […]
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