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After taking a one-day break from the picket line, scores of teachers from various schools around Georgetown gathered this morning outside the Brickdam Office of the Minister of Education to restart their picketing and protest. Showers from above were seen more as blessings than a hindrance to the protesting teachers, as many of them came […]
-by Dennis Glasgow- As the nationwide strike by teachers continued today, some schools in Georgetown were badly affected as a majority of teachers stayed away. But at many of the top high schools, there was a large turnout of teachers. In many cases, teachers were in the classrooms conducting classes. At the country’s leading high […]
Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, who has responsibility for Labour, Keith Scott has issued an apology to the nation’s striking teachers. At a recent bursary event, Scott described the striking teachers as “selfish and uncaring” for their actions. In a statement issued through the Ministry of the Presidency today, he said “I would […]
Recently appointed Deputy Police Commissioner, Lyndon Alves is the new Crime Chief. He takes over Law Enforcement Department from his fellow Deputy Commissioner, Paul Williams, who will now be in charge of Force Administration. The Guyana Police Force also announced yesterday that Deputy Commissioner Maxine Graham will be in charge of Operations and Deputy Commissioner […]
The General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers Union told teachers gathered at the Union’s headquarters this afternoon that while she does not want to get political, she believes it is important to compare the state of teachers under the last PPP government which spent twenty three years in office and the current government, which has […]
The proposed establishment of the JOF Haynes Law School in Guyana is among one of the big issues to be discussed when this country hosts the Executive Meeting of the Council of Legal Education this week. At a press conference this morning, Attorney General Basil Williams told reported that Guyana will be pushing the issue […]
Across the country today, a large number of teachers abandoned their classrooms to step up their strike action for increased salaries. From Lethem and Linden to Georgetown and Berbice, hundreds of teachers stayed away from the classrooms on the first day of the new school year. In Georgetown, scores of protesting teachers gathered outside the […]
President David Granger has reiterated his Government’s commitment to Guyana’s indigenous people to eliminate all aspects of inequality between citizens of Guyana. In his address at the launching of Indigenous Heritage Month, President Granger noted that it is his Government’s prime concern to focus on the elimination of inequality by placing it as a top […]
The National Anti Narcotics Agency has reported that in 2017 over $20 Billion worth of narcotics were removed from the streets of Guyana and over three hundred persons were convicted for various crimes related to narco possession, trafficking and other drug related offenses. In its 2017 report, the agency announced that a total of 55,139 KG […]
The recently established Department of Energy in the Ministry of the Presidency has been tasked with reviewing all of the arrangements between the Government of Guyana and the ExxonMobil company. At his press conference earlier today, President David Granger said while that review will take place, “once international contracts have been engaged, there is no […]
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