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 the union is using teachers is a real mischievous statement because ...

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. GTU President Dr Mark Lyte said the Terms of Resumption,  which ...

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 Chairman, Karen Van Sluytman Corbin and a group of her committee ...

by GHK Lall I noticed that Christopher Ram, accountant and attorney, went to town on Vice President Jagdeo in his March 1st oil column in SN, relative to the issue of a potentially calamitous oil spill.  Aside from the area of asset valuation, as shaky as it was, there was also what the Vice President gave quite a speech on, ...

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 assault against the very company that is spearheading the massive investments ...

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 ...

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 to take full security precautions and call on the Guyana Police ...

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 by both sides- the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ ...

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’ salaries were not the subject of discussions, at the verv meeting ...

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 audit 0f the society. We don’t know what the state of ...