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Members of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) met with President Donald Ramotar on Monday, March 12, at the Office of the President to discuss issues relating to the fulfilment of some aspects of the incentive package agreement sealed between the union and the government. The union led by its president, Colin Bynoe, met President Ramotar for the first time since he became president and updated him on the status of the accord. Bynoe in a comment to the Government Information Agency (GINA) said the president is aware of many aspects…

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As the ongoing court saga involving Police Commissioner Henry Greene and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack continues, the DPP on Tuesday submitted a written response to a motion filed by the police chief’s lawyers which sought to block a rape charge being instituted against him. Greene’s lawyers have until today (Friday) to respond to the DPP’s submission. Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang would decide on whether Greene should be charged after this. Greene has been accused of raping a 34-year-old woman who had gone to his office for…

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The Venezuelan government has criticised the fact that the Commission on the Limits of Continental Shelf (CLCS) is considering a request made by Guyana last year to extend its continental shelf. Caracas expressed its view before the United Nations (UN) about Guyana’s application. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, through a statement, reported on Tuesday that Caracas reminded the UN that the territory west of the Essequibo River is the subject of a territorial sovereignty dispute “inherited from colonialism” and subject to the Geneva Agreement of 1966 and, within this context, to…

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A special operations exercise is underway in Guyana to enhance the capabilities of both the U.S. and Guyanese special operators and ensuring they have a foundation to respond together in the event of a common threat. Exercise Fused Response kicked off on March 1 and continues through March 9, bringing together about 300 U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines with about 200 members of the Guyana Defence Forces, Navy Lieutenant Commander Ron Ralls, the lead planner, told American Forces Press Service. The bilateral exercise, the largest of its kind in…

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– after extensive lobbying efforts of Guyanese advocacy group By Vishnu Bisram   The subway train station at Lefferts Boulevard in the heart of the Guyanese community in Richmond Hill, Queens, will undergo a complete transformation largely as a result of extensive lobbying efforts from a group of Guyanese residing in the surrounding areas. The sub-way station is the end/start of the line of the A train and is one of the busiest stations in the outer borough of Queens utilised by thousands of Guyanese and persons of other nationalities…

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Perpetrators of domestic violence and child abuse came under fire last Wednesday at an inter-faith prayer and candlelight vigil held at Port Mourant, East Berbice, where more than 400 persons from all walks of life converged to register their dissatisfaction with the growing number of cases of domestic violence and child abuse. The forum was organised by the New Jersey Arya Samaj/Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission in collaboration with religious leaders from the Hindu, Christian and Muslim faiths. Representatives from the government and NGOs groups within the community also…

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By Danielle Campbell Project Manager of the E-Governance Unit, Alexei Ramotar said the laying of fibre-optic cable to improve Guyana’s telecommunications sector and ensure connectivity in the country should be completed by May/July of this year. Ramotar said that the Chinese company, Huawei Technology Company Limited was chosen in 2009 to provide infrastructural support for the project, which is now in the first phase of cable being laid from Lethem to Georgetown. The plan proposed by Huawei has since gone through several reviews and changes as necessary. One of the…

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The long-standing grouse between the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB& GWU) and the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) will be dealt with during an arbitration process. Labour Minister Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul in a letter dated February 29 indicated that the three-year-old dispute would be dealt with at arbitration. The minister has discretion to make such a decision by virtue of Section four (1) (c) of the Labour Act Chapter 98: 01. The arbitration process will see five core issues being dealt with: the wages dispute between…

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