Politics

The Ministry of Education Thursday night denied reaching agreement with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) earlier in the day about a multi-year period for pay negotiations. “The government maintains its original position that any multi-year agreement must start from the year 2024, not retroactively,” the Ministry of Education’s Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain said in a statement, dismissing earlier articles ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday announced that no more sandpit licences would be granted, leaving Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken and Deputy Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus’ plans to open such an operation in limbo. “Let me make it clear that the government of Guyana has put a hold on all the sandpits,” he told a news conference. Mr Jagdeo made ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said the time has come for government to develop policies to deal with Artificial Intelligence (AI), in light of legal developments in the Developed World. “All three branches of government must, I think, have a conversation on AI and where AI is going because AI would affect the judiciary, AI is already affecting the judiciary ...

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Dr Mark Lyte on Tuesday said the union has tabled increased salaries and other financial issues for discussion with the Ministry of Education when the two sides hold their first meeting on Thursday since a court-ordered mediation agreement. He said the union dispatched a letter on Tuesday to the Ministry of Education indicating ...

In the wake of an even worsening security crisis as a result of the escape of over 4,000 prisoners from Haiti’s major prison, the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Tuesday said it was hoping for a swift resolution to the situation there by Haitians themselves. “The complexity requires us in these consultations to ensure that a Haitian-led and a Haitian-owned ...

The 12 Commonwealth Caribbean nations seem set to support Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey to become the next Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, though the African Union is yet to decide who would be the continent’s candidate, a top source said Sunday. “We are willing to support the Ghanaian. The problem is that Africa hasn’t sorted itself out,” the official ...

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) on Saturday lashed out at Leader of The New Movement (TNM), Dr Asha Kissoon for refusing to give up her parliamentary seat to allow for rotational representation by the three parties that garnered joinder votes garnered in the 2020 general and regional elections. “She has so far refused to relinquish her seat, and remains ...

Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali on Friday told Latin American and Caribbean leaders that his country is bound by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to settle the decades-old border controversy with Venezuela. He told the 8th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in St Vincent that he was ready to speak with Venezuela’s President Nicolas ...

The High Court-mandated mediation between the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Guyana government ended its first day on Friday, with a commitment for the process to continue next Monday. Lawyer for the government side, Dharshan Ramdhani did not speak with the media after the afternoon session ended at 4:03 PM. Representing the GTU was Attorney-at-Law Darren Wade who declined to ...

Lawyers for the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education Friday afternoon emerged from more than two hours of High Court-appointed mediation saying they were hopeful about an end to the now 26-day old strike. The two sides are due to resume mediation at 2 PM Friday. GTU’s lawyer, Darren Wade said he and union representatives tabled a ...