Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2018, 22:59 by Denis Chabrol The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Friday said now it has failed to pressure government into keeping several Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) estates opened and avoid sacking 4,000 odd workers, it would keep up the pressure on protecting workers’ rights in any privatisation deal. “Now that the termination ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2018, 23:06 by Denis Chabrol Three persons were late Friday arrested, and a large quantity of suspected cocaine and several vehicles seized by agents of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), that anti-drug agency said. Those arrested include a brother and sister- Junior Owen Singh and Nickela Craig-Singh.  CANU said the suspected narcotic weighed five kilogrammes. ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2018, 18:32 by Denis Chabrol The National Cadet Corps (NCC) was officially resuscitated today, following a launching ceremony at the Hope Secondary School, East Coast Demerara, following months of consultations with major stakeholders, including Education and Regional administrative officials, the Ministers of Social Cohesion and Education, George Norton and Nicolette Henry, respectively attended the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2018, 18:26 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Defence Force said at about 3 PM Friday one of its Coast Guard ranks, along with the unit’s welfare officer, foiled a suicide attempt by two secondary school students at the Kingston Jetty, Georgetown. “The two teenagers, who were allegedly preparing to jump into the deep waters ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2018, 19:33 by Denis Chabrol Government on Friday announced that sacked sugar workers, who are eligible to GY$500,000 or less in severance pay, would be paid  in full this month-end and the others who would be paid 50 percent of the amounts due to them. Government’s Department of Public Information later saud that 1,600 ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2018, 13:51 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) would be funding legal fees for sugar workers to challenge the legality of government paying part of severance. “The PPP will pay the legal fees for all of the sugar workers that want to challenge it in ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2018, 8:19 by Denis Chabrol Georgetown residents were Thursday warned that those who do not pay the GY$200 per week to collect their garbage would not benefit from the service and would face legal action, even as a top City Hall official called for the banning of plastic bags. “In terms of you paying ...