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The main opposition parties on Friday separately condemned the 8 percent retroactive salary increase for 2022 and demanded a 25 to 100 percent increase in the minimum salary to take account of inflation. Opposition Leader and Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Aubrey Norton  recommended a 25 percent increase which would see ...

Justice Navindra Singh has rejected claims by Queen’s College Deputy Headmistress  Lenise Morgan that he was aggressive towards her while he was at the school for a meeting concerning the alleged assault of his daughter by the son of the Ministry of Education’s Chief Education Officer. “While it is difficult to properly answer your last query since you did not ...

Guyana on Friday told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that, contrary to Venezuela’s position,  the United Kingdom ceased having any role to play in the border controversy over the Essequibo Region since 1966 when independence was granted. Lawyers for Guyana told the ICJ, the United Nations top judicial body, that the UK now had no responsibility for the 1966 ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday said it was going ahead with its decision to walk away from the coalition of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) at the end of 2022. Mr Ramjattan said the exit would take place at the end of December 31, 2022  and he would “at the appropriate time write” ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday evening announced an eight percent across-the board increase in salaries for government workers retroactive to January 2022, saying that members of the disciplined services would get an additional hike which would be announced next week. He said those, who benefit from the 8 percent hike, are public servants, teachers, members of the disciplined services and ...

Queen’s College teachers have been advised tentatively against banning a senior judicial officer from entering the school building because of alleged hostility he displayed to the Deputy Headmistress last Friday when he went to enquire why his daughter was made to apologise to a male student who has a history of aggression to other students, sources said. In correspondence seen ...

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat on Thursday signaled strongly that government might amend Guyana’s Local Content Act to halt the participation of persons who opportunistically obtain Guyanese citizenship to cash in on opportunities in the country’s rapidly emerging oil and gas sector to the disadvantage of those who have been living and working here for decades. “It is only ...

Venezuela on Wednesday said the International Court of Justice (ICJ) could not hear Guyana’s case that the 1899 Arbitral Award with that Spanish-speaking western neighbour is a full, final and perfect settlement of the land boundary between the two South American nations because Britain is not a party to the proceedings. Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez told the ICJ in ...

Queen’s College teachers  are demanding that a senior member of the legal fraternity apologise to the Deputy Headmistress for his hostile encounter with her last week Friday or be banned from entering that school, according to well-placed sources. Chairman of Queen’s College’s Board of Governors Marcel Gaskin confirmed that the matter was being addressed but declined to provide further details. ...

United Kingdom Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean , Jonathan Knotts on Wednesday said that a working group would be established with Guyana to work on a range of projects within strict deadlines, even as he said his country was keen on delivering high quality work rather than negotiating cheaper prices. “We have agreed to establish a joint ...