Stabroek News

– Lyte urges unions `For too long we have allowed the employers, our government, present and past to treat us like second and third-class citizens.

Declaring that his government is ”deeply rooted” in the working class, President Irfaan Ali yesterday asserted that it had created more 50,000 new jobs since August 2020.

-losses on investments, loans grew significantly For the half-year ended March 31st, 2024, Demerara Bank Limited has registered a 41% increase in after-tax profit compared to the same period last year.

The Lamaha Street expansion project aimed at enhancing connections between Vlissengen Road and Middleton Street in Georgetown, is facing setbacks due to delayed infrastructural works.

-lauds gov’t support for sugar Defending the state’s continuing outlays to the sugar industry, GAWU’s President Seepaul Narine yesterday sounded a note of caution about investments in the general economy.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that his government is examining innovative approaches to foster an economy where more money is placed into the pockets of the working class.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Tuesday took possession of a Mercedes Benz crime scene vehicle.

King & Queen Beach Football Speightland will match skills with Hururu in the women’s divisional final, while Young Gunners will take aim at Hi-Flyers in the men’s championship match following respective semifinal wins in the King and Queen Beach Football Championship on Tuesday evening.

By Subhana Shiwmangal A fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon damaged the interior of Trophy Stall at 241 South Road and Bourda Street, two blocks away from the Bourda Market.

KFC Elite League Buxton United’s winless run in the KFC Elite League continued on Tuesday evening as they registered their eighth consecutive defeat, losing 1-4 to Den Amstel at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Dear Editor, Unsafe work practices have left many without their daily bread.

The police yesterday said that two persons sustained burns after fire destroyed a two-storey house at Fyrish on the Corentyne.

The Tucber Park Housing Co-operative Society has been successfully revived  following a visit by the Ministry of Labour’s Department of Co-operatives and Friendly Societies to Tucber Park, New Amsterdam, on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Finally, vendors doing their illegal vending in front of Demico have been removed.

ASHDOD, Israel, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday he has still not seen a plan for Israel’s planned offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that would protect civilians, repeating that Washington could not support such an assault.

(CMC) – West Indies “A” grabbed a 2-1 lead in their Twenty20 series against hosts Nepal after opener Johnson Charles carried his bat for a dynamic Player-of-the-Match hundred to set the foundation for a 76-run win yesterday.

As part of its contribution toward a carbon-free society, Scotiabank has announced that it is now accepting grant submissions across its footprint, including Guyana for its Net-Zero Research Fund, a release on Tuesday from Scotiabank Guyana stated.

Dear Editor, Recently, I wrote a letter advocating for amending Guyana’s constitution to introduce conscription, as one measure to counter Venezuela’s persistent claims over Essequibo.

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Mounting tensions on U.S. campuses boiled over yesterday when pro-Israel supporters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA, hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and cleared a tent city from its campus.

Archery Guyana officially launched its version of the Caribbean Development Archery League (CDAL), which is geared towards providing a platform for local archers to compete remotely in an effort to hone their aptitudes.