Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Sunday promised public servants across Guyana an annual one-month bonus if his coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) wins next year’s general and regional elections Departing from the APNU+AFC administration’s scrapping of the one-month bonus for members of the Disciplined Services, Mr Norton said if the coalition is returned to office, ...
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“Go back to the bowl and avoid the box”- Pres Ali talks up food security
President Irfaan Ali on Monday appealed to people in the Caribbean and Latin America to return to the days of taking home-cooked food to work and school and reduce their dependence on fast foods. “How do we ensure that the next generation just don’t eat but eat food with greater nutritional value? How do we go back to the bowl ...
Read More »Public Service Coop Credit Union faction refuses to hand over election figures to govt
Member of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU), Patrick Mentore has refused to immediately hand over specific figures and other information about the Special General Meeting (SGM) of that financial institution, instead saying that the matter is still before the High Court. “Relative to the requested information, we are prepared to provide same, but have been advised by ...
Read More »UG, Child Link team to host Guyana Social Work Education and Practice Conference
In observance of World Social Work Week 2024 being observed from March 18 – 22, the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Social Sciences and ChildLink Guyana will host the Guyana Social Work Education and Practice Conference from March 19th – 20th, the university said. The conference will be hosted at the university’s George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT), Turkeyen Campus under ...
Read More »OPINION: Beating up Babu Jaan
By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Stabroek News editorial on Babu Jaan (3/17/2024) offers a perfect opportunity for us to dig down into the intellectual and political preferences, as well as the cultural foundations of the Guyanese urban elites. Although the editorial appears to be the work of a junior writer, the core values, perspectives, and yes, the biases of ...
Read More »Convicted rapist and double-murder suspect shot dead; SIM cards to give clues
A convicted rapist, who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison one month ago and was the prime suspect in the chopping death of a man and his mother, was Sunday shot dead after he charged at police and soldiers with a cutlass, police said. The Guyana Police Force said Akeem Wong was fatally shot at around 1:40 PM Sunday at ‘Groete ...
Read More »OPINION: President Ali squandered a great opportunity to be a true Caricom Leader in support of Haiti
by Retired Rear Admiral Dr Gary Best President Ali missed a great opportunity to be a stellar Guyanese and Caricom leader in support of the Haitian people in true fashion. On the one hand, as Chairman of Caricom, and on the other as Guyana’s Executive President. Arguably, Caricom’s heralded involvement, once again, in solving Haiti’s problems by spearheading and supporting ...
Read More »OPINION: Thanks to Exxon’s Routledge, look at what oil discoveries have become
by GHK Lall President Alistair Routledge has been too long in Guyana. In Guyanese speak, ‘he tink dat he alone gat sense.’ Mr. Routledge may even believe, like President Jagdeo, that Guyanese aint gat any sense worth talking about. In fact, President Routledge has gotten so acclimated to Guyanese conditions that he has even joined the President Bharrat Jagdeo jamboree, ...
Read More »CARICOM nations discriminating against Haitians- Ramjattan
Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has accused Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-nations, including Guyana, of discriminating against Haitians by blocking their free movement across the region. “It is in my opinion, looking at the demeanour and even the expressed words of some of the CARICOM leaders; they always give the impression that Haitians are second class in ...
Read More »Financing deal signed for India-made planes for GDF
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) would soon acquire two new aircraft from India with a US$23.27 million loan from India’s Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank), according to the Finance Ministry. The financing agreement was signed on Friday by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and Deputy General Manager of EXIMBANK, Sanjay Lamba. “This agreement represents the latest instalment of the ...
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