President Irfaan Ali on Monday announced that a sugar refinery would be built at the Enmore Estate, East Coast Demerara which was closed in 2018. Addressing the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) annual corporate dinner, he said an unnamed investor was about to decide on the construction of the refinery. “We have an investor, who is in the final stage of ...

The Ministry of Education on Monday said teachers, who participate in an illegal strike, would lose pay, but declined to provide a figure on the number of educators who responded to the Guyana Teachers’ Union’s (GTU) call for industrial action to force government to the bargaining table for increased salaries and allowances. “The Ministry of Education has accepted the opinion ...

By Retired Rear Admiral, Gary Best; LLB; LEC; PhD.  In Part 1, I pointed out that it is Jagdeo’s signature that appears on the Bank of Guyana notes that we spend. I concluded therefrom that he is really the Minister of Finance. One thing is for sure, the 2024 Jagdeo budget is about ‘grand’ numbers and percentages. Unfortunately, there is ...

Even as the Guyana Teachers’ Union  (GTU) vowed that the strike action would continue if the Ministry of Education does not agree to come to the table to negotiate for increased salaries and allowances, both sides gave differing accounts of the industrial action that began Monday. GTU General Secretary, Coretta Mc Donald, said similar to the estimated 200 teachers who ...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Monday dismissed claims by the Guyana Police Force that teachers were being threatened to participate in a strike. “I am not aware of any threats issued by GTU to teachers,” GTU President Dr Mark Lyte told Demerara Waves Online News. Police said that received calls Monday morning “indicating that persons are being intimidated and ...

A lone gunman Sunday night attacked and robbed a taxi driver of GY$6 million worth of jewellery and a cell phone as he was climbing the steps to his residence at 190 West Indian Housing Scheme, Bartica, police said. The victim has been identified as 43-year old Thakoor ‘Ricky’ Harryram. Police said no one was injured and no shot was ...

The United States on Sunday reaffirmed military support for Guyana against Venezuela’s lingering threat to take control of the Essequibo Region. US Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer, who was in Guyana for a brief visit, said the two countries were “deepening our defence cooperation” to assist Guyana in preserving its borders. “That cooperation is fundamentally defensive in nature and ...

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) new, sophisticated Pathology Laboratory will reduce the time persons wait on cancer test results, and the service will also be available to sister Caribbean Community, officials said at the official opening of the multi-million dollar facility. “We want here to be the go-to center in the Caribbean and I think with the types of ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced that the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) School of Medicine would be relocated to Guyana He said the School of Medicine would be located in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) to also allow students from beighbouring Suriname to study there. No date was provided as, according to Dr Ali, discussions were continuing with UWI. ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus The ill-conceived teachers’ strike called by the GTU has provided the occasion for some who hide behind the label of journalist, or civil society advocate, to ingratiate themselves into what might be best described as the moral economy of the working class. KN columnist GHK Lall’s “Pending Teachers’ Strike” is a case in point. ...