DDL, unions reach consensus
Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and unions yesterday settled all outstanding issues related to workers’ compensation packages, the company’s public relations firm said.
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Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and unions yesterday settled all outstanding issues related to workers’ compensation packages, the company’s public relations firm said.
The PNCR last week called on the government to institute and implement measures to significantly improve the pay and conditions of service of the police force so that it could attract the calibre and number of recruits it requires.
Government in collaboration with Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) recently handed over some 15 desktop computers to the Regional Administration of Region Two, in its effort to boost Information Technology (IT), throughout the country.
Banks DIH Limited inducted 30 employees who had served the company for 20 years into its 20-Year Club at the club’s annual lunch held recently.
A man accused of wounding his reputed wife with a knife was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
A young couple of Bath New Housing Scheme, West Coast Berbice has established a multi-million dollar supermarket at Bush Lot Village and has promised to provide “quality products at affordable prices.”
William Light, the man who reportedly went berserk and hacked two persons to death last October and also allegedly attempted to murder two others, yesterday made another appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and his lawyer requested a medical evaluation of his client.
Police in Berbice are trying to ascertain the identity of a man said to be in his 50s, whose decomposing body was discovered floating in the Canje River around 9 am yesterday.
A resident of Uitvlugt yesterday turned himself into police in the company of a lawyer for questioning into allegations that he is linked to last week’s multi-million-dollar cocaine bust.
A miner was shot by a lone gunman during unclear circumstances at Aranka Backdam last Friday and is currently a patient of the Georgetown Hospital.
Two miners were reportedly tied up before being robbed at gunpoint at Turtle Creek Backdam, Issano last Saturday.
Preparations for Essequibo’s annual masquerade competition are in full swing and the event is scheduled for December 18 on the tarmac of the Xenon Hotel at Charity, Essequibo Coast starting at 11:00 hrs.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – China must do more to rein in North Korea’s belligerence, the United States and its chief Asian allies said yesterday after Beijing warned tensions could “spin out of control.”
GENEVA (Reuters) – Talks between Iran and six major powers — the first in over a year — will resume on Tuesday after each power raised the issue of Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme in a first round yesterday, a Western official said.
The Blairmont Police Station would now be more effective in its crime-fighting efforts after the Station Management Committee (SMC) recently presented a new Jailing 110 cc motorcycle to the officers.
LONDON (Reuters) – Taking low doses of aspirin can reduce the risk of many kinds of cancer, scientists said today, and the evidence is strong enough to suggest people over 40 should take it daily as protection.
The Guyana Power & Light (GPL) yesterday said that electricity was restored to Bartica on Sunday evening, hours after the township was plunged into darkness as a result of the failure of a breaker in the company’s engine room at Bartica.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The FBI has issued a “cyber crime alert” for a new Barbie doll that comes equipped with a tiny hidden video camera in her chest, saying the toy could be misused to make child porn.
ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – England won the second Ashes test by an innings and 71 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series after dismissing Australia’s last six batsmen cheaply in the first session today.
GuySuCo has blamed a dismal production year for its inability to offer sugar workers any increase this year, and yesterday it made a final proposal of two weeks pay which the union said it “has accepted for now”.
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