Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 14:50 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Friday said the Guyana government would be appealing a High Court decision that declared that a teachers strike earlier this year was “lawful and legitimate” because government denied them their right to constitutional right to collective bargaining. “These are ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 13:31 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s High Court on Friday ruled that teachers’ strike earlier this year was justified as their constitutionally enshrined fundamental right to collective bargaining was violated by the employer-the government- and so they could not lose pay for days off the job. Justice Sandil Kissoon declared that the government of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 6:18 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC Sometime in the early 1980s, Professor Mohammed Ayoob of Michigan State University, an International Relations scholar, made the point that the greatest security threats to Third World countries come from within. It was an astute observation, coming as it ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 6:16 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall This has been the most concerning issue from the start, that the Hamas attack and Israeli retaliatory acts in the Gaza could widen.  By mistake or motive.  Every new media reported the Iranian fleet of drones and ballistic missiles unleashed on Israel.  Almost all were shot ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 6:10 by Denis Chabrol -Jagdeo weighs in on issue Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Shurwayne Holder said the issue of the removal of a Computer Processing Unit (CPU), with the membership register, from that party’s Membership Department is linked to the upcoming internal party elections. “I believe that because we ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 April 2024, 5:40 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday assured Guyanese that they would not be paying more for electricity, although government is leasing a 36 megawatt electricity generation ship. “There will be no increase in the price for electricity because of this rental,” he told a news conference. Mr Jagdeo explained ...