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A proposal for 30% salary increase phased in by 10% over three years should be offered to the teachers’ union

News EditorFebruary 21, 202404 mins

The Teachers’ Union is demanding a 50% salary increase. To be paid in one-shot. The Government is offering 6.5%. There is a huge gap here. Pundits and Opinion-makers should offer up some numbers. How do we bridge this yawning gap? I suggest a 30% increase covering 3-years, to be phased in at 10% each year….

We are grappling with modernisation of legislation by the crudest of processes

News EditorAugust 13, 2023August 16, 202308 mins

International measures of economic growth – usually expressed as Gross Domestic Product – add the tremendous growth in the enclave economy of ExxonMobil and co-venturers to the small locally-controlled business achievements. The official GDP figures contrast with the 48 per cent of the population living below the World Bank’s estimate of the poverty line. The…

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GPL will be paying up to US$50m to Qatari contractor for power ship that will sail off in two years

Government should take over Hess’ share

Gov’t’s proposed oil spill legislation is a pathetic betrayal of Guyana, taking precedence over Justice Kissoon’s decision to the satisfaction of Exxon

No other current issue of greater import I can think of other than Jagdeo’s attack on the country’s judiciary and the troubling silence emanating since

Oil Talk with OGGN Guyana Episode #25: Our oil keeps the world moving but we can’t keep our lights on

We are grappling with modernisation of legislation by the crudest of processes