-union seeking 20% across-the-board before talks on timeframe for negotiations By Abigail Headley With a third session set for Monday, the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday traded accusations over two conciliation meetings this week aimed at resolving the ongoing strike by educators for collective bargaining.
Mosquito awareness: Earlier this week, the Ministry of Health’s Vector Control Services kick-started Caribbean Mosquito Awareness Week 2024 with School Education and Sensitisation Sessions at various learning institutions across Georgetown. This photo shows a session at Queen’s College. (Ministry of Health photo)
The Dominican Republic (DR), the Caribbean nation that shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, is a popular tourist destination.
The PNCR yesterday announced the passing of former long-serving General Secretary Oscar Clarke.
Aubrey Ghanie, 67, of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway passed away yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) following Monday’s horrific accident at Long Creek.
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Dominators and Queenstown recorded victories when the Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Ground.
– Guyana swept 0-2 in the series The Golden Jaguars dismal record against the Trinidad and Tobago ‘Soca Warriors’ continued last evening as they lost 0-2 in the final fixture of their two-match international football series at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain.
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition – Fearless, Spaniards also advance Three-time defending champion of the Linden ‘Guinness Greatest of the Streets’ edition, Swag Entertainment, advanced to the round of 16 section following a 2-0 win over Anybody Could Get It last night at the Silver City Hard-court.
(Trinidad Express) Twenty-four pharmacies are under police probe for selling unregistered, fake or expired drugs.
(Trinidad Guardian) A teenager and his brother were shot dead in an alleged police-involved shooting in St Augustine yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and levied sanctions on three Nicaraguan entities in retaliation for “repressive actions” and a failure to stem migrant smuggling through the Central American country.
BOSTON, (Reuters) – Two brothers who studied at the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology were arrested yesterday on U.S.
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia, (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no longer in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in an assassination attempt when leaving a government meeting yesterday, a government minister said.
HANDLOVA, Slovakia, (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered life-threatening injuries today when he was shot and wounded in an attempted assassination that stunned his small Central European nation and drew a chorus of international condemnation.
