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The planned signing of an agreement for increased teachers’ salaries on Monday hangs in the balance because the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) would have the final say earlier in the day, an official indicated on Sunday. “Let’s see where it goes by tomorrow (Monday),” GTU President Dr Mark Lyte told Demerara Waves Online News. He said the GTU’s General Council ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Saturday announced that its veteran member David Hinds is set to lead his party into the 2025 general and regional elections. Saying that Dr Hinds, a political science professor, has been also appointed a WPA co-leader, the party said he has emerged as one of the major social and political influencers in our country. ...

A police officer took his own life after consuming a poisonous substance hours after police believed that they uncovered concrete evidence linking him to Wednesday night’s stabbing death of Attorney-at-Law, Richard Layne. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Mark Ramotar said Police Sergeant Tony Sulker was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation at about 9:15 Friday night. Clothing found in ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarians and Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Friday clashed over government’s request for parliamentary approval of GY$4 billion that was spent on the ailing sugar industry. Mr Mustapha, in response to APNU+AFC’s Khemraj Ramjattan, said GY$397 million was spent on fuel for irrigation, GY$81 million on other aspects of drainage ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Friday filed a notice to appeal a High Court decision earlier in the day that former Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers must be compensated GY$2 million for wrongful arrest and detention during a probe into alleged electoral fraud in violation of Guyana’s Constitution. Among his requests of the Guyana Court of Appeal is for ...

Four foreign girls between 14 and 17 years old, who were allegedly trafficked from Brazil to Guyana, have been rescued and are receiving care, the Home Affairs Ministry said Friday. A Home Affairs Ministry official declined to state the nationalities of the girls and whether anyone was arrested during the operation that was conducted between August 4 and 7, 2024. ...

Former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Deputy Chief Elections Officer, Roxanne Myers was Friday awarded GY$2 million for wrongful arrest as part of a probe into alleged electoral fraud. Justice Simone Ramlall found that Ms Myers was unlawfully arrested and detained but it was not found that her detention amounted to inhumane treatment. The court awarded GY$2 million in compensatory damages. ...

Four persons were arrested Tuesday night and three unlicensed handguns were seized by police who were summoned to investigate the alleged threatening of a truck driver and the firing of several shots, police said. Those arrested were Stephan Ramdass, 39, of Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara; Patrick Forbes, 30, from Wales Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara; Raji Chanderpaul, 41, from ...

Guyana has almost eliminated filariasis, widely known locally as ‘big foot’, with remaining work to be done in only two of the ten administrative regions, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said, even as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) announced a new package of assistance to fight the mosquito-borne disease. “We’re having ...

An attorney-at-law was Wednesday night stabbed to death in his car outside his D’Urban Backlands, Georgetown residence, police said. He has been identified as 35-year-old Richard Layne of 183 Century Palm Gardens. Police said he was stabbed twice to his neck. The Guyana Police Force said several persons in the area were questioned, and CCTV cameras were seen in the ...