Guyana News

Chief Labour Officer (CLO) Yoganand Persaud is refuting a statement from the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) in which it claimed that he was “a no show” for a scheduled meeting with the union and the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI).

More than 1,000 Clico policyholders have so far successfully completed their transactions since the payout process began, the Government Information Agency (GINA) says.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said the ‘NN’ registration identification series will start later this month as the ‘MM’ series comes to an end.

Protest action by workers of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) saw immediate results as the secretary of the conservancy turned up with payment and officials from the Agriculture Ministry offered a concerned ear.

-after traffic jams force relocation About 50 La Penitence Market vendors are facing displacement with no definite relocation site as the Ministry of Public Works implements measures to ease the traffic build-up along the East Bank area during peak hours.

OSLO/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Jailed Chinese democracy  activist Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for two  decades of non-violent struggle for human rights, infuriating  China, which called the award “an obscenity”.

–pending outcome of meeting Workers at the Wales sugar estate who were on strike over a change in their job description have returned to work tentatively pending the outcome of a meeting between the union representing them and GuySuCo.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – The United States should  only support November elections in Haiti if they include all  eligible political parties, a group of U.S.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Pollution levels from a red  sludge spill in Hungary have subsided in the Danube and there is  no risk of a biological or environmental catastrophe in the  river, Hungarian officials said yesterday.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) yesterday said the composition of fuel marker concentrate has been modified after gunmen stole tens of gallons of the substance last week.

Breast cancer survivor Dorothy Faria feels she has been given a second chance and lives each day in pursuit of her passion while being thankful to God for sparing her life.

TALOQAN, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – A large bomb blast  tore through a mosque in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing  a provincial governor and at least a dozen others attending  prayers, in the highest-profile assassination in over a year.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Global finance chiefs sought yesterday to  prevent rising tensions over currency valuations from derailing a fragile  economic recovery, as policy makers stressed they must work together to find  ways to rebalance global growth.

A man who attempted to rob another yesterday on the East Coast of Demerara was subdued by a group of public-spirited citizens and handed over to the police.

A dazed Bibi Sharima Gopaul and her partner Jarvis Small were this afternoon jointly charged with the murder of her 16-year-old daughter Neesa Gopaul.

Police this evening issued an arrest warrant for businessman Royston Penniston for questioning in relation to murder.

Police at midday released three more bulletins in relation to an extensive murder probe including one for businessman Salim Juman Azeez of West Bank Demerara.

-including Bramanand Nandalall, Clay Hutson Police last night issued bulletins for nine persons in relation to murder and the list included ex-policemen and Bramanand Nandalall who had been the subject of a major investigation by Canadian Mounties around 15 years ago and had been kidnapped at the height of the 2002-3 crime spree.

Guyana’s Aliann Pompey secured a bronze medal in the finals of the women’s 400 metres today at the XIX Commonwealth Games held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi, Indian.

– blood evidence found at home -relatives want father’s death revisited Based on evidence police have accumulated, the two prime suspects in the gruesome murder of 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul will soon be charged in relation to her death and relatives of her father have hired an attorney to investigate the man’s ‘sudden’ death last year.