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After threatening that its crippling strike action could drag out until next year, GAWU said workers have agreed to resume duties on Friday, but NAACIE workers continued to hold out today for satisfactory wage offers from the sugar corporation.

Alvin Ganga, the man accused of murdering Desmond Henry and who has been on the run for some five years was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(BBC) The government of Belize has stepped in with a US$5million loan to bailout the company which runs the sugar industry.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti needs a surge of  foreign nurses and doctors to stem deaths from a raging cholera  epidemic that an international aid operation is struggling to  control, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official said.

The People’s National Congress Reform  says that it will be hosting an “Evening of Reflections” on the life and legacy of its late executive Winston Murray at Congress Place, Sophia, Georgetown, on Thursday 25th November 2010, commencing at 19:00 hrs (7:00 pm).

A 45-year-old labourer of No. 63 Village, Corentyne died after he was found with chop wounds about his body in the ‘Kali’ temple building at No.

Government’s automated accounting system has been knocked askew by the spate of thunderstorms that has struck Guyana in recent weeks, according to chief spokesman Dr.

r Excellency, President Jagdeo, on behalf of the many thousands of our Alluvial Gold & Diamond Miners, we plead with you to stop any implementation of all the “draconian” mining regulations, some of which were introduced in the past, and many more “IMPOSSIBLE TO MINE CONDITIONS, which the SLUC has sent to you previously, and a set of similar additional conditions, which they are about to send to you now.

The World Bank today said that in response to the first cholera outbreak in Haiti in decades, it is preparing a US$10 million Cholera Emergency Grant.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – A century by skipper Kumar  Sangakkara helped Sri Lanka to reach 294 for five in their first  innings after an early collapse on another rain-shortened day of  the second test against the West Indies today.

The owner of a Robb Street guest house early this morning shot and killed one of two bandits he said were attempting to steal his 50” flat-screen television set.

Well-known gold and diamond dealer Joseph Hillaire was last night found dead with a single gunshot wound to the head and police investigators believe that he committed suicide.

Two gunmen today barged into the sales centre at the Gafoors Land of Canaan Complex and carted off more than 6M.

(BBC) The British government has announced new measures to reduce immigration.

Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir today warned that a strike  by power workers in Georgetown and Linden contravened the Essential Services (Amendment) Act and that stern action will be taken.

The three Berbice business chambers today expressed concern over the one-week strike in the sugar industry and called for immediate solutions to the problems of the beleaguered Skeldon factory while urging the unions to desist from striking.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday received $67.5M worth of emergency relief supplies from the United States (U.S)

A Caribbean Airlines flight to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri was this morning re-routed to Trinidad because of heavy fog which enveloped the area as well as several parts of the coastland.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka, batting first on a  new pitch, struggled for runs on a restricted opening day of the  second test against West Indies to crawl to 84-3 at the close today.

The Inter-American Development Bank today announced approval of a US$20M loan for Guyana which will finance a programme that seeks to enhance urban and suburban mobility and safety, lower transport costs and reduce accident rates along the East Bank Demerara road up to Diamond.