Guyana News

Court-ordered mediation yesterday succeeded in bringing a four-week-old teachers’ strike to an end and their union, the GTU will now be able to place salaries and collective bargaining on the table when talks begin with the Ministry of Education sometime this week.

By Antonio Dey A meeting to swear in the new executive committee of the public service credit union was disrupted yesterday by dissidents and the court might be approached again on the festering dispute.

With prosecution witnesses lined up, the long-awaited elections fraud trial was further held up yesterday after attorney at law, Nigel Hughes requested a short adjournment for the review of the admissibility of Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) minutes.

A fight between relatives on Sunday evening in New Amsterdam, Berbice has left one man dead and another has been arrested for questioning.

Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman yesterday called on The New Movement (TNM) MP, Dr Asha Kissoon to do the “honourable thing” and resign from the National Assembly to facilitate a representative from ANUG as was agreed in the three-party memorandum.

The police in Region Five are investigating the murder of a West Coast Berbice (WCB) labourer whose body was discovered with multiple chop wounds yesterday in the backlands. 

Former policeman, Teon Allen called ‘Spoil Child’, who was arrested at the Leonora Stadium on Saturday night was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the possession of a firearm and ammunition with a licence.

Police in Regional Division #10 conducted a narcotics eradication exercise at Ebini, Berbice River, between 12:00hrs and 16:30hrs on Sunday during which a cannabis farm,  approximately four acres in size, was located and destroyed.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday said that Tyrone Hamilton, for whom it had issued a wanted bulletin on February 28th, 2024, surrendered yesterday, accompanied by attorney at law Nigel Hughes.

Three new Regional Executive Officers (REOs) have been appointed to Regions One, Three, and Five by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

A four-week-long strike by teachers ended today as a result of court-ordered mediation.

A 50-year-old miner and a 30-year-old labourer both of Bartica, were shot and killed by two masked men during a robbery at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region Seven yesterday morning.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc received formal notification on the day of the Tobago fuel spill informing that there would be a delay in the delivery of 75,000 barrels of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) ordered and to date the company has not delivered the fuel.

By Abigail Headley Maintaining that the Guyana Teachers Union’s (GTU) strike is illegal, Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussain staunchly defended the government’s position to cut striking teachers’ pay and to stop the deduction of union dues, in his affidavit in response to the case filed by the union.

As the teachers’ strike enters its fifth week today, President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Mark Lyte is urging parents and community members to join in having their voices heard by the government to bring it to an end.

 With a number of financial institutions indicating their willingness to lend monies for the project, a decision on financing for the bridge linking Guyana and Suriname on the Corentyne River can be made as early as the end of this month, Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi says.

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) continue to express their disagreement with the government’s handling of the carbon credit process with their participation in a thematic hearing on ‘the impact of carbon market expansion on Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Brazil’ during the 189th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington, DC, USA.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

As World Wildlife Day approaches, the NGO Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) says that there are expected to be global shifts focusing on the intricate relationship between humanity and nature. 

Regional Division 4 ‘B’ Superintendent Krishna Ramana told Stabroek News that the case file on the death of Chavina Elleanna Persaud and Bagat Singh who died in a crash on the Heroes Highway, has been sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.