Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 19:50 by GxMedia by Zena Henry The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) has restated its commitment to ensuring that every sugar worker who contributed funds to the union as at the end of May last would be paid. This statement comes as hundreds of sugar workers are turning up at the ...
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Deadline set for filing Elections Petition
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 19:05 by GxMedia The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) has until July 3rd, 2015 to file its elections petition. This deadline was triggered on June 5th, after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) finally published, inter alia, the results of Elections 2015, and the names of persons who are to serve as Members of ...
Read More »Guyanese Captain flies into retirement after 29-year career at LIAT
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 17:06 by GxMedia Before letting down the LIAT ATR aircraft he was flying on Saturday June 13, Captain Paul DaSilva did the traditional low pass over the VC Bird International Airport on the island of Antigua and Barbuda to close a 29 year career with the “Caribbean Airline.” DaSilva, a Guyanese-born pilot was ...
Read More »EU urges Guyana to set level for greenhouse gas emissions
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 16:23 by GxMedia The European Union (EU) on Tuesday called on Guyana to heighten efforts to set a benchmark for reducing greenhouse gases that experts believe cause climate change spawning droughts, storms and floods. “Climate change is a particularly important issue for Guyana and the Caribbean region, and I urge Guyana to follow ...
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