First COVID-19 vaccination drive for 5 to 11-Y-O children deemed a success

The rollout of the Guyana Government's first vaccination programme for children aged five to eleven has been deemed a success. The exercise, hosted on Saturday...

Negotiations commence for public school teachers salary hike

Negotiations for a salary increase for public school teachers have commenced between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU). The process...

GTU will pay striking teachers; “people coming and drop monies in our hands” –...

General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Coretta McDonald has assured that those teachers on strike will be paid if their salaries are...

Education Ministry, GPF sign MOU to enhance the capacity of police instructors

  The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to allow the force to access training at...

Next PPP govt will provide student transportation grant – GS Jagdeo

The next People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government will rollout a student transportation grant, the party's General Secretary, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has promised. During a...

No further talks until agreement honoured – GTU to Gov’t

Before proceeding with further negotiations with the government for another multi-year remuneration agreement for public school teachers, the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU)...

UG verifying documents online for admissions to 2020/2021 academic year

Given the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Guyana (UG) this week announced that applicants for the 2020/2021 academic year will...

134 persons graduate from BIT programmes

In its pursuit to close Guyana’s labour shortage, the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) on Wednesday certified 134 additional individuals from Region Six in...

$152M contract inked for reconstruction of Zeelugt Primary School

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has awarded a contract to the tune of $152,040,045 for the reconstruction of the Zeelugt Primary...

Guyana Energy Conference presents 50 exhibition tickets, 20 complimentary delegate passes to UG

The Guyana Energy Conference & Supply Chain Expo recently presented the University of Guyana (UG) with 50 exhibition tickets and 20 complimentary delegate passes...

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