Months after the Guyana Teachers Union offered its support for the recommendations contained in the final report of the high-level task force, the Government on Monday said it was looking to re-engage the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) on matters of salary increases. GTU has stated repeatedly that it was waiting on the Government to announce the way…
Some members of the Christian Community have published full page advertisements in three of the local dailies calling for the maintenance of laws prohibiting buggery and indecency. But local gay rights group, SASOD (Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination) is questioning why such righteous people are promoting discrimination against a minority and vulnerable group. “With all…
Guyanese Manufacturers are being encouraged to seek remedies within the Courts for any prejudice they experience under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas when seeking to access regional markets. The advice came from the recently installed President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Adrian Saunders and it came minutes after President of the Guyana…
President of the Guyana Badminton Association, Gokarn Ramdhani, was this week elected Second Vice-president of the Central America and Caribbean Badminton Confederation (CONCECABA). The election of office bearers for the new term was done during the Central America and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia. The new term will last until 2022. Ramdhani, also the Guyana…
The owner of the Tourist Villa hotel in Fifth Street, Subryanville is in Police custody after he shot his neighbour, 30-year-old, Jason De Florimonte (in photo above) dead this morning. The dead man was shot four times to the body. According to a Police statement, at around 1:45 this morning, the now deceased man and…
Local climate change officials have admitted that Guyana’s international commitment to achieve 100% renewable power by 2025 was “ambitious” and with the current state of affairs, unlikely to happen. “I believe, given the extent of research done over the last three years, it is clear that we cannot reach to the goal of 100% by…
Two prisoners who are on remand at the Lusignan Prison for murder are under extra security after prison officials unearthed a plan being made by the two men to escape from the prison. According the Acting Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, prison officers on duty were able to disrupt the escape plan over the past…
The body of a De Kendren, West Coast Demerara (WCD) carpenter was found floating in the Atlantic Ocean on Emancipation Day. Sheriff Yusuf, 58, was last seen at around 13:00 hrs on Tuesday when he left his home to go fishing. However, at around 06:00 hrs on August 1, his body was found floating in…
President David Granger on today received the final report from the Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry. The report, calls for several officials of the former People’s Progressive Party government to be questioned in a fresh probe into the 2008 massacre. While the Commission has recommended compensation for the family members of the eight miners who were killed,…
Andre Russell’s fitness was a matter of concern coming into the T20I series. He was already going through a hamstring niggle. Adding to that were fresh concerns over the condition of his knees. Russell had missed two ODIs last week, but upon coming back, in his favourite format, he roared into form with a match-winning,…
