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Monthly Archives: March 2024

GTU President defends decision to agree to end teachers’ strike before pay increase

Last Updated on Monday, 4 March 2024, 20:43 by Denis Chabrol President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union. Dr Mark Lyte on Monday evening fended off sharp criticisms of his decision to sign a High court-mediated agreement for teachers to call off a 29-day strike to pave the way for collective bargaining for increased salaries and other issues. “To say that ...

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BREAKING: Teachers strike called off

Last Updated on Monday, 4 March 2024, 18:34 by Denis Chabrol A one-month old strike will come to an end from Wednesday. March 6, 2024, paving the way for discussions on salaries and other issues to begin on Thursday. That is according to representatives from the government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union said after an entire day of court-ordered mediation. ...

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Uproar at Public Service Credit Union meeting, Labour Ministry asked to intervene

Last Updated on Monday, 4 March 2024, 11:41 by Denis Chabrol Several outgoing members of the committee of management of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) on Monday banged a table and shouted slogans, blocking a meeting of the newly-elected body. Police were eventually summoned to the Hadfield Street, Georgetown head office of the credit union. GPSCCU Outgoing ...

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OPINION: Are the Glenn Lall attacks on ExxonMobil causing irreparable harm?

Last Updated on Monday, 4 March 2024, 7:35 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Hardly a day goes by without Kaieteur News publisher Mr. Glenn Lall making some derogatory remarks about ExxonMobil. The attacks are vented either directly or through Kaieteur News’ editorials. The letter section of KN and articles by columnists also partake in the relentless ...

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CARICOM backing Ghanian Foreign Minister as next Commonwealth Secretary-General

The 12 Commonwealth Caribbean nations seem set to support Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey to become the next Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, though the African Union is yet to decide who would be the continent’s candidate, a top source said Sunday. “We are willing to support the Ghanaian. The problem is that Africa hasn’t sorted itself out,” the official ...

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Bartica gold miner, porter shot dead and robbed of raw gold, guns

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 March 2024, 20:34 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of Sunday morning’s gunning down of a well-known gold miner and his employee and theft of GY$37 million worth of raw gold and guns, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) called on police to ensure the safety of miners. “We urge all our miners ...

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Teachers’ Union challenges Chief Education Officer to prove salary talks

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 March 2024, 18:33 by Denis Chabrol The President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mark Lyte on Sunday called on the nation’s Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain to prove that the bargaining agent and the Ministry of Education held talks on salaries by producing the agenda and minutes. “Let them produce minutes that are signed ...

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GTU, Ministry of Education discussed salaries- Chief Education Officer

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 March 2024, 9:42 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Education’s Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain has denied persistent claims by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) that salaries were never discussed during months of bilateral talks between the two parties, prompting an almost one-month old teachers strike. Contrary to what the Applicant has alleged that teachers’ ...

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Public Service Credit Union’s books to be audited- Trevor Benn

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 March 2024, 23:29 by Denis Chabrol The newly-elected committee of management of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) is expected to order an audit of that financial institution’s accounts, according t0 Trevor Benn who was the highest vote getter in Saturday’s elections. “The first thing we have to do is do a proper ...

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