Politics
GTU denies Jagdeo’s claims of non-submission of financial records
Teachers, backed by parents, vendors, and politicians, demonstrating outside the Ministry of Labour, Brickdam. The Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) on...
Opposition asks High Court to boot Jagdeo from National Assembly, cabinet
APNU+AFC parliamentarians Tabitha Sarabo-Halley and Christopher Jones Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo declined to respond to questions surrounding his "prolonged absence"...
PPP names nominees for Constitutional Reform Commission
The governing People's Progressive Party Civic (PPP) has submitted the names of its nominees to sit on the Constitutional Reform...
Govt cannot afford to pay teachers more
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday signaled that government could not afford to pay teachers higher salaries now as planners...
Teachers’ strike is political because govt’s decisions are political- PNCR Executive Member Gary Best
The now three-day old teachers' strike called by the Guyana Teachers' Union is "political" as the educators are responding to...
GTU to collect union dues through MMG; says strike relief available
The Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) on Tuesday said it would be collecting union dues through Mobile Money Guyana (MMG), hours...
GTU, Education Ministry in battle over salary figures
Headmaster of the Essequibo Islands Secondary School Sheikh Ahmad and Headmistress of The Bishops’ High School Shandrina Welcome-Lee participating in...
High Court rules Hicken’s extension as Police Commissioner properly done
Acting Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken. Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Tuesday ruled that Mr Clifton Hicken's tenure as acting...
APNU+AFC, WPA support teachers’ strike
The People's National Congress Reform-led parliamentary coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) as well as the...
Ministry of Education stops deducting teachers’ union dues over GTU’s “conduct” ; GTU calls it union dues “union busting”
Deeming the now two-day old teachers' strike "unlawful", the Ministry of Education has officially informed the Guyana Teachers' Union that...
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