Last Updated on Monday, 12 February 2024, 15:27 by Denis Chabrol A Nigerian man, who perpetrated an attack at State House more than three years ago, was Monday sentenced to three years imprisonment. Police said Bethel Chimezie, who committed the offence on December 15, 2022, was sentenced to three months imprisonment together with three years of supervised probation. Chimeze was ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 February 2024, 20:05 by Denis Chabrol President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mark Lyte on Sunday dismissed government’s claims that billions of dollars in membership dues have been misspent and instead said there is clear evidence that teachers benefit every year from the GY$700 monthly contribution. “Our members are satisfied that their dues are ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 February 2024, 18:39 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department  on Sunday said it has launched an investigation into a fatal accident that resulted in the death of a Health and Safety aide who was working with a subcontractor at Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase. The company and the Labour Ministry said ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 February 2024, 7:01 by Denis Chabrol By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus I once was assigned the unbelievably fortunate task of accompanying Ngugi Wa Thiong΄o around American University (Washington DC), where I was a faculty member. I took the opportunity to ask him a simple question – how do you go about writing? He told ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 February 2024, 21:49 by Denis Chabrol President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Friday pleaded with teachers to exercise patience as the government continues working to gradually improve the working conditions for every category of worker. “Everybody believes that all our resources are available now. In 2027, that is when the real revenue growth would be seen ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 February 2024, 21:38 by Denis Chabrol Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd on Friday said Guyana was paying attention to satellite pictures of Venezuela’s increasing expansion of its military presence near the border with Guyana, raising concerns about double-standards by that Spanish-speaking neighbour. “Clearly, there is some amount of inconsistencies based on what they are doing ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 February 2024, 21:56 by Denis Chabrol Amid claims and counter-claims about whether the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has been properly accounting for membership dues, the Registrar of Commerce and the Auditor General’s Office on Friday both  said that that workers’ organisation has not filed annual returns several years. “An examination of the relevant records at ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 February 2024, 17:05 by Denis Chabrol A West Coast Demerara man on Friday remained in custody after he was arrested allegedly with 11.4 kilogrammes of cocaine, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. The agency said 39-year old Sahadeo Prasad of Grant 104 Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara during an intelligence-led operation at Cornelia Ida Public ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 February 2024, 16:47 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese man was Friday arrested by anti-drug agents with a large quantity of marijuana and ammunition, almost five years after a Guyanese man was deported from Barbados where he was convicted and jailed for marijuana and cocaine trafficking. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) arrested Rohan “Sauce” Rambarran of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 February 2024, 15:33 by Denis Chabrol The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Friday insisted that GY$20 billion in the 2024 National Budget could be redirected to pay increased wages and salaries to teachers and other government employees, refuting claims by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo that the treasury cannot afford to ...