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By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 23, CMC – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, has resigned with “immediate effect” from the regional financial institution. According to a three page letter sent to the Bank by his St. Lucia-based lawyers, Leon is of the opinion that “he will never be treated fairly” after he ...

An Air Europa passenger jet — en route from Lima, Peru to Madrid, Spain — made an emergency landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Monday afternoon because one of the passengers fell ill, officials confirmed. “The aircraft declared a medical emergency on board and as such, an emergency landing was instituted. The airport’s ambulance was on standby to ...

The University of Guyana’s (UG) Faculty of Engineering and Technology has received its first international accreditation for the Associate of Science in Petroleum Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the London-based International Energy Institute, UG said Sunday. UG hosted the five-man accreditation evaluation visit and team in February when the favourable verbal report was given ahead ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Sunday promised Amerindians more political autonomy and benefits should the opposition coalition that includes his party win next year’s general and regional elections. “There is no sense in talking about you like the Indigenous People, you support them but there is no programme to empower them economically,” he told ...

The Offshore Patrol Vessel, GDFS Shahoud, finally arrived in Guyana on Sunday and docked at the Guyana Defence Force’s Coast Guard headquarters at about 10:30 AM, well-placed sources said. Modeled as the 115 Defiant, the vessel should have arrived in Guyana last year October, but that was shifted to February, 2024. However, sources said the vessel, made by the American ...

The Ministry of Health on Saturday denied an allegation by opposition APNU+AFC parliamentarian, Christopher Jones that several nurses of the Campbellville Health Centre fell ill. “At the time of discovery, no staff reported any adverse health effects,” the Health Ministry said in response to Mr Jones’ claim on Facebook that ten nurses from the Campbellville Health Centre were on Friday ...

Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton on Saturday disagreed with the Guyana government’s intention to appeal a High Court decision that deemed the recent 29-day strike by teachers “lawful and legitimate” because the administration had rebuffed every effort by the union to negotiate increased salaries. “We note that the government has announced its intention to appeal the High Court’s ruling “to the ...

Four rifles have been discovered on a recently cleared plot of land at Budhan Street, West Canje, Berbice, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Saturday. The law enforcement agency said the guns were found on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM by a party of policemen. “A search was conducted on a recently cleared land space, which had burnt ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Friday said the Guyana government would be appealing a High Court decision that declared that a teachers strike earlier this year was “lawful and legitimate” because government denied them their right to constitutional right to collective bargaining. “These are vacuous conclusions and that is why it has to be appealed,” ...

Guyana’s High Court on Friday ruled that teachers’ strike earlier this year was justified as their constitutionally enshrined fundamental right to collective bargaining was violated by the employer-the government- and so they could not lose pay for days off the job. Justice Sandil Kissoon declared that the government of Guyana, as the employer, has engaged in acts which constitute substantial ...