by GHK Lall Editorials have been slammed.  Letter writers and columnists lambasted, often slandered.  Now, it is the turn of a song.  Singing a simple song of sixpence is now found to be offensive by the PPP Government.  To be accurate, it is 6.5%, but worth all of sixpence, for its lasting effects.  If a mighty national government could be ...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has distanced itself from an apparent ritual on the bridge leading to the offices of the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand and other senior officials by a supporter of the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). “We unequivocally distance ourself from the actions of an individual not affiliated with our organization. We ...

Government on Thursday ruled out giving into pay increases being demanded by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), signaled no willingness to hold salary negotiations but instead said it might resort to Online learning if the now nine-day old strike continues indefinitely. The GTU is proposing a 25 percent salary increase for 2019, and 20 percent for 2019 to 2023 and ...

A convicted rapist on Thursday escaped from the Mazaruni prison compound, shortly after he asked to ease his bowels in a bushy area, the Guyana Prison Service said. Akeem Wong, a convict serving a 15-year sentence for rape, managed to escape at about 7:20 am. The Prison Service said At the time, Wong along with inmate Gilbert Gill, was labouring ...

A 13-year old girl was attacked and beaten by her brother at Arau Village, Wenamu River, police said. The assailants age has been given as 25 years old. Commander for Regional Police Division #7, Senior Superintendent Dion Moore said the incident occurred at about 6.30 Wednesday morning. Investigators were informed that the man has a  ‘mental disorder’. Police were told ...

Police say they are investigating the shooting incident of an electrician at Tucville, Georgetown. The victim has been identified as committed 36-year old Winston Hazel, an electrician from Tucville. The incident occurred at 7:07 Tuesday night. Investigators were informed that he sustained 12 gunshot wounds: three to his left side abdomen, three each to his thighs, two to his left ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Let me begin by defining authoritarianism in general, and then its form in Guyana. Authoritarianism normally refers to those social forces and political forces that have a history of anti-democratic conduct, and who practice their politics by cultivating divisiveness. More often than not, authoritarian parties are prepared to break the law, rely on inflammatory ...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has asked the High Court to prohibit government from slashing the salaries of striking teachers and to continue the deduction of membership dues and remittance to their bargaining agent. “Conservatory order that the status quo will remain the same, that is the Government of Guyana will not deduct the monies from the wages and salaries ...

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Wednesday said it relied on “publicly available” information about the gas-to-shore project to assess its feasibility and was confident that government would not have to subsidise its operations to keep its promise to cut electricity rates by 50 percent. “We have not seen that that will be the case,” Senior Vice ...

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Dr Mark Lyte on Wednesday announced that the now eight-day old strike by educators would continue indefinitely, even as Attorney General Anil Nandlall did not rule out the police being called in on the union for failing to submit its annual financial returns. He signaled that public servants might be joining the industrial ...