Last Updated on Friday, 26 April 2024, 8:13 by Writer Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon was “presumptuous” to say in his recent decision in favour of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) that President Irfaan Ali’s meeting with teachers did not amount to collective bargaining. “In this case, he wasn’t doing anything illegal for ...
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Security guard, businessman charged in connection with theft of school’s solar panels
Last Updated on Friday, 26 April 2024, 8:03 by Writer A security guard and a businessman, who are both from Bartica, who are implicated in the alleged theft of solar panels from the Two Miles Primary School, have been granted bail, the Guyana Police Force said Thursday. Security guard, 26-year-old Shawn Caesar of Two and a Half Miles, Bartica, Potaro ...
Read More »Garbage fire burns fibre optic cable, causes Internet outage in several city areas
Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 22:08 by Denis Chabrol Numerous Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) residential and commercial fibre optic internet subscribers are without service after a fire at a huge heap of garbage on Robb and Alexander streets destroyed several telecoms cables. GTT could not immediately say how many areas in Georgetown were experiencing the Internet ...
Read More »Demerara Bank expands to St Lucia
Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 21:04 by Writer One of Guyana’s indigenous banks, Demerara Bank Limited, has expanded its “footprint” to St Lucia where the laws allow financial institutions to focus on investment banking, according to Chairman of the DDL Group of Companies, Komal Samaroo. “We do have a subsidiary in St Lucia but that is for the ...
Read More »Security guard steals solar panels from school – police
Last Updated on Friday, 26 April 2024, 8:03 by Writer A security officer was arrested for allegedly stealing four Merisolar solar panels from the Two Miles Primary School, Bartica, after a canteen manager realised that they were missing, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators believed that the security officer stole the items between Friday, April 19 and Monday, April 22, ...
Read More »Manhunt for vendor who shot taxi drivers on seawall
Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 21:54 by Writer A man, who first took away his girlfriend from among a group of people on the Kitty Seawall near the pumping station, returned and allegedly opened fire, injuring two men, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said they were searching for the 39-year-old man who allegedly fired a 9mm handgun ...
Read More »Guyana’s dengue cases increasing; visit a doctor if you have a fever – Health Minister
Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 21:50 by Writer The number of dengue fever cases in Guyana is rising, prompting Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony to Tuesday urge people who have a fever to go to a doctor as a precaution against the potentially deadly disease. “If you have a fever, we are encouraging people to come to one ...
Read More »CDB President resigns with “immediate effect”; threatens legal action
Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 21:43 by Writer By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 23, CMC – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, has resigned with “immediate effect” from the regional financial institution. According to a three page letter sent to the Bank by his St. Lucia-based lawyers, Leon is of the ...
Read More »Air Europa flight makes emergency landing in Guyana after passenger falls sick
Last Updated on Monday, 22 April 2024, 21:18 by Writer An Air Europa passenger jet — en route from Lima, Peru to Madrid, Spain — made an emergency landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Monday afternoon because one of the passengers fell ill, officials confirmed. “The aircraft declared a medical emergency on board and as such, an ...
Read More »UG Faculty of Engineering and Technology’s Petroleum Engineering first International accreditation
Last Updated on Monday, 22 April 2024, 18:58 by Writer The University of Guyana’s (UG) Faculty of Engineering and Technology has received its first international accreditation for the Associate of Science in Petroleum Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the London-based International Energy Institute, UG said Sunday. UG hosted the five-man accreditation evaluation visit and team ...
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