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Monthly Archives: February 2024

Hamilton Green’s elections rigging remark hinged on “if”

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 February 2024, 23:30 by Denis Chabrol Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Thursday said veteran Guyanese politician Hamilton Green’s recent remark about election rigging was taken out of context, but Attorney General Anil Nandlall said the former Prime Minister’s remarks Mr Norton said “if” was omitted in quoting Mr Green. ...

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Public servants on alert for industrial action if no pay talks

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 February 2024, 19:38 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Public. Service Union (GPSU) on Thursday said it would give government a deadline to negotiate increased wages and salaries  or industrial action  would called. The GPSU indicated that it first has to exhaust the grievance procedure, but gave no timeline when that would start. “The Union will ...

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Teachers’ Union welcomes High Court’s interim orders against government

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 February 2024, 19:12 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Thursday said the High Court issued orders that for the time prevents government from cutting the salaries of striking teachers and and stopping the automatic deduction of union membership dues. “Teachers, who have been threatened that your salaries will be cut; the judge ...

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Guyana mulls hiring foreign nurses

Guyana is considering the hiring of foreign nurses to man the several hospitals that are under construction, even as hundreds of local nurses continue to migrate mainly to the United Kingdom (UK), a top government official said Wednesday. “Soon we may have to bring in nurses to work in the country- because, once those hospitals are completed and most of ...

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US gifts Guyana COVID-19 anti-viral pill

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 21:27 by Denis Chabrol The United States (US) on Wednesday donated 1,000 doses of Paxlovid, an oral pill that is used to treat COVID-19 patients with a high risk of severe illness or death, to Guyana, the embassy here said. The embassy said that medication complements a separate donation of 354,660 Pfizer vaccine ...

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Fire leaves several homeless

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 20:38 by Denis Chabrol An fire believed to be of electrical 0rigin on Wednesday morning destroyed a house at Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara leaving nine persons homeless, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said. The house, which was located at 111 Bladen Hall, Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, was occupied by 48-year old ...

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AG says entitled to more time to respond to Teachers’ Union case

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 20:13 by Denis Chabrol The High Court is Thursday expected to hear an applicati0n by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to block the deduction of monies from the salaries of teachers who are now on a 13-day old strike, but Attorney General Anil Nandlall said he plans to mount a stiff opposition based ...

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Two remanded prisoners flee from nearby Lusignan Prison; policemen under close arrest

Last Updated on Monday, 19 February 2024, 21:08 by Denis Chabrol Two prisoners escaped from a Guyana Police Force van on Monday afternoon just outside the Lusignan Prison where they were remanded after they pleaded not guilty to a joint charge of simple larceny, police said. The Guyana Police Force said two policemen have since been placed “under close arrest ...

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Guyana eyes becoming major regional natural gas supplier

Last Updated on Monday, 19 February 2024, 14:22 by Denis Chabrol Guyana plans to export its excess natural gas to Brazil and several Caribbean countries and eventually fuel a bauxite smelter and gold refinery,  President Irfaan Ali announced on Monday. “Based on pure interest by investors, we are already seeing the second phase of gas coming in will already have ...

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