There is indeed a real urgency to reach a satisfactory Teacher-union versus Government administration wages and salaries plus benefit package adjustments for teachers, some of whom are parents. Parents’ empowerment must also be considered additionally because of their special role in raising their children who will form part of the Guyana labour force. There are…
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….
There had been apparent controversy regarding both prices and incomes data generated by official reports purportedly measuring the Guyana Cost of Living, reflected by the Consumer Price Index, CPI and the Nominal Gross Domestic Product, GDP. There is a further complication as the World Bank raised Guyana’s low income status to a high income status…
Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 121 – February 16, 2024 Exxon is no stranger to politics. It understands the importance of billboards (India and Guyana) and the politics of Buses (the USA and the Tories BREXIT bus). Just in case anyone missed it, Exxon is now on a…
On the UN website, at this link: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2FCCPR%2FCSS%2FGUY%2F57380&Lang=en, you can now find the OGGN’s submission to the United Nations. Or here:
Equity ownership in a business implies that an investor becomes a shareholder; and therefore, has access to complete information; has decision-making authority that is based on the relative size of the funds invested; and receives a share of the total profits, calculated on the shareholder’s ownership of the total invested funds. In the case of…
