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US Patent and Trademark Office keen to help Guyana with Intellectual Property; Guyana’s outdated IP laws disincentivise investments
Ms Maria Beatriz Dellore, USPTO's Regional Intellectual Property Advisor for Mercosur, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname Intellectual Property delivering her...
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Govt ready to “bring in” doctors to ease backlog-President Ali
President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that government was willing to "bring in" doctors to address a backlog of cases...
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Not all of US$27 million electricity generation sets operable; several to be activated in coming days
Minister of Public Works II, Deodat Indar on Tuesday said only nine of the 17 reconditioned containerised electricity generation sets...
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Debunching no longer possible- Chief Education Officer; GTU says several issues not financial, maintains there was no collective bargaining
Left to right: Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussein, Attorney General Anil Nandlall and GTU President Mark Lyte. The Ministry of...
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High Court: GTU official admits financial issues were discussed
Vice President of the Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU), Julian Cambridge on Wednesday admitted that financial matters were discussed with the...
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High Court orders govt to produce records of salary talks with teachers’ union
High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon on Tuesday ordered the Ministry of Education's Chief Executive Officer, Saddam Hussain to produce proof...
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UG, Child Link team to host Guyana Social Work Education and Practice Conference
In observance of World Social Work Week 2024 being observed from March 18 - 22, the University of Guyana’s Faculty...
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University of Guyana to become major regional leader on security, defence training
President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that the publicly-owned University of Guyana (UG) would be the seat of the National...
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Teachers pay talks collapse – GTU
The Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) on Tuesday said that pay negotiations with the Ministry of Education collapsed after government refused...
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Teachers’ Union expects multi-year counter-proposal
GTU President Dr Mark Lyte and union colleagues leaving the Ministry of Education Although the Ministry of Education has publicly...
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