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Even as retired telecommunications workers continued to agitate for higher pensions, the Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (GPTWU) said it was willing to forgo retroactive lump sums owed and settle for pensions far higher than the GUY$18,000 being currently paid. The aged retirees of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T)- many previously employed by the state-owned Guyana Telecommunications ...

The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday dismissed suggestions that its trade union arm, Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), was sabotaging the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) with strikes and higher wages and salaries. The cash-strapped and highly indebted sugar corporation had three years ago threatened to derecognize GAWU because numerous strikes for better pay and working conditions had ...

The ruling Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday scoffed at speculation by sections of the public that a parliamentarian for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) might have offered special consideration by government to abstain from a vote for money for the security sector. “I am not aware of anything like that as the Leader of the PPP and I ...

Guyana’s Wildlife Management Authority (WMA) on Sunday confirmed that two shipments of caimans destined for The Netherlands and Ukraine within the past two weeks were seized by Dutch authorities. The WMA said officials in the Netherlands reported that the shipments violated IATA Live Animal Regulations. In the wake of the discovery of the live and dead caimans, the Authority said ...

One man was killed and the murder suspect seriously injured following a quarrel Sunday night, sources said. Dead is 42-year old Carl Garnette of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Hospital sources said he was stabbed four times to his chest and abdomen and one to his right side back. Garnette worked in the Maintenance Department of the Guyana Power Light ...

A gold miner from Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara was killed Saturday afternoon when a mining pit caved in, police said. He has been identified as 33-year old Seckou Adams. The incident occurred at Warrenbu, North West District. Adams’ body was at the Port Kaituma Hospital Mortuary awaiting an autopsy, as investigations continue.

A drunken gold miner, who allegedly went berserk, was shot and injured by police in the North West District and the unlicensed shotgun seized, police said. No one else was shot and injured. Police said that about 11:45 Saturday night, they responded to a report received that a man was at the Kumaka Waterfront discharging rounds from a firearm and ...

Police on the West Coast Demerara were Sunday rounding up several suspects in the killing of a former employee of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) at his home. He has been identified as 57-year old Jamaludeen Sattaur, a pensioner, of 28 Stewartville. Investigators said his reputed wife found his motionless body in his bedroom. He had a wound to the ...

Authorities have begun a crackdown on illegal hunting and fishing, resulting in the seizure of 200 pounds of meat and the arrest of three hunters. The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment said police and officers of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  and the Fisheries Department mounted the operation on December 12, 2013. They intercepted the hunters at the ...

“We are all about providing quality service, on-time performance and excellent prices,” stated David Goberdhan, a top Travelspan official shortly after the Boeing 767 landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) this morning, December 14, 2013. With 229 persons on board – 180 passengers and 10 crew members – the airline joins Venezuelan CONVIASA as the two newest airlines ...