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GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006) comes into force on 20 August 2013, inaugurating a new era of decent work for seafarers and fair competition for shipowners in the global shipping industry.  “This Convention is a milestone in maritime history,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder. “The product of tripartite dialogue and international cooperation, ...

Former General Secretary of the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), Donald Ramotar said a probe could be conducted into open campaigning for elections to the 35-member Central Committee at the recently concluded party congress. “I don’t have any concrete information but that will be the responsibility of this new body to set up. The new General Secretary will determine when ...

United States Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt on Monday urged national consensus to support the construction of the U$860 million Amaila Falls Hydropower plant, as the major opposition party refused to budge. “While the window to prevent such an occurrence is small and closing fast, we call on all political parties to come together in the national interest to support ...

President Donald Ramotar Monday afternoon announced that he has stepped down as General Secretary to give greater attention as leader of the country. “The task of managing the party had become extremely overwhelming in many, many cases and it has caused me not to be able to give all the attention and all that I wanted to give to the ...

A national basketball player is among 22 persons injured in two separate accidents- one a collision between two cars at Mahaicony and the other a smash-up of two minibuses at Agricola. The accident victims at Agricola were robbed  by several persons. The sportsman, 34-year old Royston Silas, was up to late Sunday night being treated at the Accident and Emergency ...

Jamaican dancehall/reggae singer, Mavado, on Sunday said he was unable to sing in Guyana on Saturday night because he arrived quite late on a light aircraft that usually flies to the interior. Sources said that Mavado, whose real name is David Constantine Brooks, is owed US$25,000 by Slingerz promotions, the advance payment of an identical sum having been already made. ...

About 200 persons Sunday morning marched from the East Coast Demerara to Georgetown to galvanise support for the construction of an 1823 Slave Rebellion Monument on Parade Ground and pressure government ito address several grievances. The Coalition for the 1823 Parade Ground Monument does not recognise the government-built monument constructed near the Kitty Seawall and instead plans to build its ...

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Donald Ramotar has approved the promotion of Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Commodore Gary Best to the rank of Rear Admiral, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said on Saturday. The swearing in ceremony will take place on Monday, August 19, 2013 at the Office of the President. A Commodore is equivalent to ...

A Guyanese man on Friday appeared in court for severely beating his wife after he returned from vacation in Jamaica and found her having sex with another man in their home. However, they declined to offer evidence against each other and the matter was dismissed. He also committed to replacing two shirts and two cell phones that he had purchased ...

By Ivan CairoPARAMARIBO, Suriname-With a dazzling display of colors and laser projections of the participating country’s flags on the Presidential Palace as backdrop, shaolin monks from China, hundreds dancing schoolchildren carrying balloons, a military drum band, drama, ballet performances and a fireworks show Suriname staged a spectacular opening of the eleventh Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture (Carifesta XI) Friday ...