https://i0.wp.com/demerarawaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/UG-2024-5.png!

Daily Archives: Monday, 25 September 2023, 21:31

City Council adjourns meeting due to heat, “activities”

Last Updated on Monday, 25 September 2023, 21:31 by Denis Chabrol In a rare instance of almost bipartisan agreement, Georgetown City Councillors on Monday agreed to postpone the statutory meeting, citing the extremely hot conditions of the upper flat of the Kitty Market and post Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 cricket “activities”. The major public event on Monday was the ...

Read More »

Women and Gender Equality Commission urges National Assembly to actively consider reports

Last Updated on Monday, 25 September 2023, 20:57 by Denis Chabrol The constitutional Women and Gender Equality Commission (WGEC) on Monday begged House Speaker Manzoor Nadir to take steps to ensure its reports find themselves before bipartisan parliamentary committees in order to influence public policy. WGEC Chairman, Indranie Chandarpal issued the appeal at the presentation of the commission’s Annual Report ...

Read More »

Teachers Union asks Chief Labour Officer to intervene in salary dispute

Last Updated on Monday, 25 September 2023, 19:03 by Denis Chabrol Faced with no progress in negotiations for at least a 20 percent increase in teachers’ salaries as well as other benefits, the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) has formally asked the Ministry of Labour to help break the deadlock, according to letters. GTU General Secretary Coretta Mc Donald on September ...

Read More »

40 persons warned of fines, imprisonment for failing to declare assets to Integrity Commission

Last Updated on Monday, 25 September 2023, 0:01 by Denis Chabrol The Integrity Commission has threatened to take legal action against several current and former local and central government elected and non-elected officials from five towns and nine ministries for failing to declare their assets. In its latest notice published in the Official Gazette on September 23, 2023, the Office ...

Read More »