Guyana News

By Antonio Dey and Bebi Oosman Both the President and the General Secretary of the GTU yesterday vowed that a strike that has seen strong support from teachers across the country will enter its second week tomorrow and will continue until the government convenes talks on collective bargaining.

The Qatari investor who plans to build a hotel on Carifesta Avenue which will have access to a boardwalk along the seawall from Camp Road to the Kitty roundabout and will do so on the Guyana National Service (GNS) and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) grounds.

Guyana is yet to sign on to the Samoa Agreement – the successor to the Cotonou Agreement that the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (OACPS) has with the European Union (EU) –  as it is addressing concerns  including the matter of refugees, sources say.

By Antonio Dey Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Wednesday announced that works had started on January 30th on the Belle Vue Pump station controversially awarded to the company, Tepui despite the fact that serious complaints have been made about its ineligibility for the task.

More than three months after the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) stated that the US$214.4 million in disputed ExxonMobil oil expenses, as identified by UK audit firm, IHS Markit, be accepted as the final figure, the oil company  on Tuesday said that discussions were still being had on the way forward.

A Walton Hall, Essequibo man was on Tuesday held with foreign marijuana known as `Creepy’.

By Mia Anthony Guyanese fashion designer, 37-year-old Nelsion Nurse started in the Mashramani industry as a teenager in high school.

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service Dr.

President Irfaan Ali on Friday played up the prospects of the  University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Medicine partnering with Guyana to train doctors at the training institute which is being built in New Amsterdam.

On Thursday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers whilst conducting a follow-up investigation in the Cornelia Ida Housing Scheme area, conducted a search at a residence which led to the discovery of 518 brick-like parcels, wrapped in transparent plastic suspected to be cannabis and 12 brick-like parcels wrapped in transparent plastic suspected to be cocaine.

Family members of 26-year old Domindra Narayan, are still struggling to come to  grips with his passing.

LONDON,  CMC – Fast bowling sensation Shamar Joseph is set to feature in the money-spinning Indian Premier League, after signing a US$362 000 deal with Lucknow Super Giants.

As part of the first phase of the Guyana Technical Training College Inc (GTTCI) at Port Mourant, Corentyne, President Irfaan Ali yesterday commissioned a Facility Simulator to the tune of US$13m which will train workers for the offshore oil platforms.

Through its flagship Global Gateway Initiative strategy, the European Union (EU) has added health as a main area of focus alongside forest protection, in its assistance to this country and hopes to see Guyana in the near future producing pharmaceuticals to meet its own and  regional and global needs.

In his first public comment on the five-day-old teachers strike, President Irfaan Ali yesterday called for patience as he says he has promised incremental benefits but he was silent on why his government has not entered collective bargaining with the GTU over the last three and a half years.

Rohan Rambarran, one of a number of Guyanese jailed in Barbados in 2009 for drugs, was held yesterday with a large amount of foreign marijuana known as `Creepy’, according to CANU.

As the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) strike entered its fifth day yesterday, educators from all across Region Two joined in solidarity with their union and several spoke about having to take second jobs to make ends meet.

A Columbia, Region Two labourer yesterday succumbed to injuries suffered after falling from a scaffold at Imam Bacchus and Sons limited at Affiance, Pomeroon/Supenaam.

Dhanraj Theophilus has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for the 2018 fatal beating of his then 18-year-old common-law wife, Lorinda Thomas, with whom he shared a child.

On Thursday, the Immigration Support Services facilitated a citizenship ceremony during which 17 individuals from nine  countries received their certificates, a release from the Ministry of Home Affairs said yesterday.