Sugar pay demand is survival issue – Enmore workers
As a strike across the sugar industry entered its second day yesterday, workers from the Enmore Estate told Stabroek News that the pay increase being sought from the Guyana Sugar Corporation is a survival issue that should not be taken lightly. Workers told this newspaper that in recent times, the cost of living has seen [...]
Venezuela should renounce land claim before any oil pipeline
-Kirton, Granger Academic, Dr Mark Kirton and former senior army official, David Granger have opined that Venezuela must renounce its spurious, longstanding claim to the Essequibo before any oil pipeline to Suriname is allowed over this country’s land. The two were responding to a question from Stabroek News at last week’s 2nd Annual United States [...]
Burnham’s life has to be viewed in context of era – Trotman
Alliance For Change (AFC) Leader Raphael Trotman says the life of the country’s first Executive President, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, had to be viewed in the context of the era he operated in. Trotman was speaking during last Thursday’s marathon session in Parliament on a motion to recognize the achievements of Burnham which eventually won [...]
Burnham motion wins full backing
The National Assembly last night unanimously endorsed a motion brought by Opposition Leader Robert Corbin to give due recognition to the work and contribution of Guyana’s first Executive President, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham. Corbin, leading off debate on the motion, said its approval – particularly the archiving of his speeches and works – would promote [...]