Stabroek News

-says strike legal and justified, gov’t to appeal By Abigail Headley In a comprehensive win for the GTU, Justice Sandil Kissoon yesterday ruled that the strike launched by the union for collective bargaining was legal and justified and therefore deductions cannot be made by the state from the salaries of striking teachers.

The Guyana Government says that Justice Sandil Kissoon’s ruling yesterday declaring the recent teachers strike as legal and preserving their pay overturns a salutary principle that guides industrial relations.

By Shuntel Glasgow A Bare Root family is mourning the loss of their son after he complained of dizziness, diarrhoea and vomiting.

A  crash last night along the Williamsburg Public Road has left two motorcyclists dead and a pillion rider critically injured with a fractured skull.

-likely struck by falling rocks The Police say they are investigating a mining site incident which occurred at about 23.57 hours on Thursday at a mining site located at Marudi Backdam, Deep South, Rupununi that resulted in the death of Peter Smith, a 55-year-old farmer of Brazil and Aishalton Village.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an advisory about a forecast Saharan dust plume projected to be passing over Guyana from yesterday to tomorrow.

The investigation into the deaths of two Canefield siblings days apart is still ongoing and according to a regional source, officials from within the region and Georgetown are carrying out the probe.

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) has expressed concern over the ever increasing stifling of freedom of expression and harassment of journalists in the Americas.

Dear Editor, I note a letter from Joel Bhagwandin in yesterday’s SN titled “The summary of the PPC’s Tepui contract findings indicates that there was no breach of the Procurement Act” which explains the rationale behind their recent report.

-despite rebuff by parliament committee chair Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Thursday convened a meeting of members of parliament, private sector representatives and executives of GPL to provide an update on the power supply.

-sparks fly as Imran Khan and Laured Stewart face-off at weigh-in By Michaelangelo Jacobus As is customary, the day before a boxing card, there is a weigh-in ceremony where boxers, as the name suggests, are weighed ahead of their respective fights as well as face-off against opponents.

2,229 Guyanese have graduated from the University of the West Indies (UWI), according to President  Irfaan Ali, who on Thursday evening received the Legacy Award Class of 2024 for “leadership and vision” in New York.

Dear Editor, When last, on 22nd March, 2024, I publicly commented on Venezuela’s claim to the Essequibo region of Guyana in a letter to the media, I concluded by pointing out that Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, “has obviously become a desperate man, cannot be relied upon to honour his word nor his signature on any agreement and that Guyana must now be prepared to address the consequences of any action which Maduro may decide to take”.

After a shadow of doubt was cast on the running-off of the annual National Sports Commission (NSC) Three-Stage cycling race, the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) late last night announced that the race will be held on May 18 and 19.

Dear Editor, The recently concluded Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) graduation, the numerous complaints, pre- and post-graduation, made by the students and were posted on the infamous Melly Mel’s Facebook page, have caused quite a stir in the education sector.

-Constable Peroune best graduating student The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday officially welcomed the newest batch of police ranks, as 59 men graduated from the Guyana Police Force Academy’s Initial Training Programme.

Contractors are mobilizing and construction is ongoing for some 440, low-moderate and high-income housing units in Region Three, the CH&PA says.

Dear Editor, I have come to recall the late Dr. Yesu Persaud ever since the days before nationalisation of our sugar industry in 1976.

As part of its commitment to supporting educational initiatives that empower students and contribute to their holistic development, Food for the Poor (FFTP) (Guy) Inc recently made donations of sewing machines to several secondary schools in Georgetown.  

Dear Editor, In a recent letter, I noted the Government`s propaganda alert in response to the proceedings of the 1st meeting of the 3rd session of the Permanent Forum on the People of African Descent.