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The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday- World Teachers Day- gave different accounts of the professional development and working conditions of teachers. The union said teachers were not being recognised and paid sufficiently  for their hard work and dedication prompting many of them to proceed on early retirement. “Respect our rights by making our lives less ...

The United States (US) late Tuesday night reiterated that it recognises the land boundary between Guyana and Venezuela, on the occasion to mark the 123-year old 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols, under the Democrat administration,  made known his position a day after the anniversary of the decision of the tribunal. ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday said his coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) did not need to collect the names of deceased persons to present to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to prove that the voters list is bloated. “We didn’t have to do claims and objections. It wasn’t tactical. First of all, you have ...

The Guyana government on Tuesday announced it would be seeking expressions of interest from the private sector for the construction of a small modular refinery with a capacity of 30,000 barrels per day to satisfy local fuel demand. President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that the government plans to build the refinery. “We are looking at the launch of an expression ...

Reproduced from the New York Post What would you do if you won the lottery? A Staten Island Powerball winner, one who struck a $245.6 million jackpot in 2018, has just shelled out $4 million for a home in Westchester — some $305,000 over its asking price — Gimme Shelter has learned. The buyer is Nandlall Mangal, a Guyanese-born carpenter, who bought a ...

The Guyana Court of Appeal on Monday agreed to urgently appeal of a 19-month old High Court decision of an election petition by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). Despite objections by Attorney-at-Law Douglas Mendes, for the People’s Progressive Party Civic’s representative of the list of candidates Bharrat Jagdeo, that lawyers for the appellants took 19 ...

Public Works Minister Juan Edghill at the weekend announced that a well-known promoter has been virtually banned from hiring Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) ferries for cruise parties. Addressing the formal launch of the Online booking system, Ferry Pass, Mr Edghill said the promoter flouted the conditions under which he contracted the vessel to host the cruise. “We had a ...

Veteran People’s Progressive Party (PPP) member, Philomena Sahoye-Shury died on Sunday, her party confirmed. General Secretary of the PPP, Bharrat Jagdeo said, “on behalf of myself and the People’s Progressive Party, I wish to extended deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of Cde Philomena Sahoye-Shury following her passing.” Her party issued a similar statement following the death of Ms ...

Guyana’s first online ferry booking system will help the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) to decide whether to postpone trips with few bookings as well as weed out corruption by staff who facilitate priority vehicle crossings, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill said Saturday. “We have to stop the corruption. We have to stop the occasion for corruption and often times ...

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Saturday announced that motorists will from Sunday pay 20 percent less for gasoline and 15 percent less for diesel. While government’s decision is only for fuels being sold by the state-owned Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL), eventually other suppliers may reduce their prices. In a statement issued Saturday night, the Finance Minister said gasoline price ...