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Even as the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) appealed to  the Guyana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) to end its “illegal” strike, the Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder labeled the industrial action“political.” GAWU, which is closely aligned to the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), called a three-day strike on Sunday to press demands for management to begin pay negotiations. However, management has said ...

The U.S. Embassy says is very saddened to learn about the passing of our friend, Zenita Nicholson. In March of 2014, the U.S. Embassy awarded Zenita with our first ever International Woman of Courage Award in recognition of her exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for the protection of the human rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) persons. ...

Well-known human rights activist, Zenita Nicholson, who was the victim of domestic violence, died early Monday morning after ingesting several carbon tablets that are used to kill rats, police said. Zenita Nicholson was up to the time of her passing winding down a project as Country Coordinator for the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) and the Centre of Integral Orientation and ...

A suspected smuggler was shot dead Saturday night at his, shortly after a report of disorderly behaviour and damaged to property was made to the police against him. Shameer “Kazac” Ally, 36 years of Grant 1805 Crabwood Creek, sustained a shot gun injury between 7:30 and 8:30 Saturday, October 24, 2015. In the hours leading up to his death, he ...

Sugar workers at all estates across the country were Monday on strike because management has refused to hold negotiations for increased pay until the disclosure of the findings of a Commission of Inquiry into the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guyscuo) President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), Komal Chand told Demerara Waves Online News that  it was ...

Reproduced from DNAInfoby Katie Honan EAST HARLEM — NYPD divers recovered a firearm from the East River early Sunday that may have been used to fatally shoot Police Officer Randolph Holder last week, officials said. Scuba divers from the NYPD’s Harbor Unit searched in the dark of the river on their stomachs, finding the Glock .40 at 3 a.m. Sunday, according to Manhattan Chief ...

Reproduced from New York Timesby Liz Robbins After the candles started dripping and a police commander wiped his tears, Randolph Holder Sr. walked from the clutch of his extended family and addressed those standing in the back of the vigil held for his son, a police officer killed in the line of duty. “Ladies and gentlemen, I just wanted to ...

Check your breasts! That was the message Sunday from the Cancer Institute of Guyana moments before receiving a GUY$500,000 donation from Digicel (Guyana) at the conclusion of the annual Cancer Awareness Road Race. “As you know breast cancer is on the increase. So many of our women are dying today of breast cancer so I urge you today to encourage ...

Reproduced from www.standardspeaker.com by Jill Whalen When local pilot Bob Delese learned that it can take up to 14 days to reach the nearest medical facility in Guyana, he knew he had to help. Delese, of Freeland, traveled to the South American country earlier this year to fly a medical transport plane for the nonprofit Remote Area Medical (RAM). By air, ...

Faced with rising sea levels, weakened sections of the coastal sea defence and blocked outfalls, the head of the National Task Force Commission (NTFC) Retired Major General Joseph Singh has recommended the use of more groynes. Briefing the media on the multi-disciplinary task force’s work so far to help restore Guyana as a land of great attractiveness and prosperity, he ...