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Sugar workers poised to get pay increase
GAWU negotiators at the meeting with GuySuCo on Friday, February 7, 2020. Thousands of sugar workers are set to get...
Police, residents standoff at Aroaima over removal of river blockade
RUSAL equipment . Following nearly two weeks of industrial action by Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI)...
Guyana fast-tracked negotiations to prevent ExxonMobil-controlled consortium’s pull-out over Venezuela’s threat -PM
David Granger and Moses Nagamootoo Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo Tuesday night condemned a Global Witness report that concludes that the...
As global anti-corruption watchdog calls for renegotiation of oil contract, independent probe believes ExxonMobil likely withheld vital information from Guyana gov’t
Even as the United Kingdom-headquartered international natural resource anti-corruption watchdog, Global Witness, calls for a renegotiation of the Stabroek Block...
RUSAL fires BCGI workers, suspends operations in Guyana
Russian Aluminium (RUSAL) on Monday decided to close operations at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and fire all...
GTT promises refunds if Blaze Internet service is not up to standard
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT) says if it does not meet publicly-stated standards of its Blaze fibre...
GB&GWU insists on arbitration, other demands before workers recall
GBGWU General Secretary Lincoln Lewis and GTUC President Coretta McDonald. The Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) on Saturday...
BCGI-RUSAL denies violating labour laws, demands blockade removal for workers recall
RUSAL-BCGI representative Vladimir Permyakov The Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) on Friday denied breaching the country's...
Labour summons RUSAL-BCGI to key meeting over layoff of 288 workers
Junior Minister of Social Protection responsible for labour, Keith Scott The Ministry of Social Protection's Department of Labour Thursday afternoon...
RUSAL sends home most of remaining workers
RUSAL equipment . The Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) on Wednesday afternoon issued a notice that...
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