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UG workers up the ante

University of Guyana (UG) lecturers and staff upped the ante on the administration yesterday by announcing that they would be on a three-day strike commencing on Monday.

UG likely headed for full-fledged strike

Several hours of discussion with the University of Guyana Administration over a two-day period appears to have fallen apart and the three unions that formed ‘Operation Rescue UG’ said they may be going into a full-fledged strike as of tomorrow.

Lawrence Carrington

UG lecturers plan to sit-in from Tuesday

UG lecturers were back on the picket line yesterday and plan to ramp up their protest over conditions at the Turkeyen campus and the sacking of lecturer Freddie Kissoon with a sit-in beginning Tuesday.

Protestors outside the Administration Building on the Turkeyen Campus, where a University Council meeting was being held. Freddie Kissoon is at right.

Protest stops classes at Turkeyen campus

Sections of the University of Guyana student body and most lecturers yesterday interrupted classes at the Turkeyen Campus to protest the dismissal of Freddie Kissoon as well as shoddy facilities at the institution.

The garbage situation

This week we asked the man and woman in the street their thoughts on the build up of garbage around the city and what roles they think citizens should play in rectifying this problem.

Granger urges hinterland schools probe after protests

Opposition leader David Granger yesterday called for an investigation into the administration of hinterland schools after recent protests, but Education Minister Priya Manickchand said a detailed examination is already underway, focusing on the provision of services and the expansion of dormitories.

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