Linden call centre closes, sends home 90 without severance pay
Linden call centre Toucan Connections Incorporated shut its doors recently and sent home 90 workers without paying severance.
Articles published on Thursday, September 3, 2015
Linden call centre Toucan Connections Incorporated shut its doors recently and sent home 90 workers without paying severance.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Otto Perez has resigned, his spokesman said today, hours before he is due to appear in court over a corruption scandal that has gutted his government and plunged the country into chaos days before a national election.
Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the government remains in election mode and as a result the PPP/C could not be expected to immediately take part in bipartisan committees proposed by President David Granger except for the one on the border.
Defects have been found in a 12 km stretch of the East Bank Berbice (EBB) road rehabilitated to the tune of $393.9M and the contractor has committed to rectifying the problems.
A 39-year-old miner was discovered dead just after midday yesterday after the pit he was working in at Jumbie Creek, Potaro, Region 8, collapsed and buried him.
A man was yesterday morning stabbed to death after he was reportedly involved in an argument with a group of men in his Leopold Street, Georgetown apartment.
Courts (Guyana) Inc. celebrated its 22nd anniversary yesterday at its flagship store on Main Street and announced the imminent launch of its Optical Store.
As they today hold partnership talks with Cable and Wireless Communications, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph yesterday rebranded with a new logo and slogan ‘Do More’.
A fire of unknown origin last evening gutted a two-storey wooden house located at Bladen Hall leaving an elderly couple homeless and with one of them suffering burns and having to be hospitalised.
Major General (Rtd) Joseph Singh has emphasised that the Hope Canal Project was never designed to alleviate flooding along the East Coast and as such should not be depended on to provide relief in the future for flood-prone areas.
People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, led a delegation to meet with the United Nations (UN) Mission, dispatched by Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, to Guyana to discuss options for peacefully resolving the Guyana/ Venezuela border controversy.
For a second day in succession, the search for a female tourist who went missing at Kaieteur National Park (KNP) on Tuesday was fruitless.
The Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) amnesty on the interest accumulated on property rates owed to the council began on Tuesday.
Embattled Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Director of Nursing Collene Hick is still reporting for duty though there is someone else performing her duties.
Christopher Stanley yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with Saturday’s fatal stabbing in Tiger Bay.
President David Granger yesterday met with members of the West Berbice Chamber of Commerce (WBCC) to discuss ways on which the Chamber could work with the Government.
Some of the persons linked to a gold smuggling ring between Guyana and the US including a gold dealer, had their US visas revoked since earlier this year, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
The sub-committees of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the sugar industry have begun the preparation of reports which are to be submitted to Agriculture Minister Noel Holder at the end of the month.
Penalty shoot-out wins for North East La Penitence and Agricola alongside outright victories for Festival City, Mocha Ballers, Samaroo Dam and Globe Yard highlighted the final group round of the inaugural RDE Vibes and Sparta Boss ‘King of the Streets’ Football Tourney.
The US State Department Bureau of Energy Resources’ (ENR) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Energy Diplomacy, Robin Dunnigan, yesterday met with Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman and Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson to discuss possible collaboration on the energy sector here.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams took her second step in a drive to complete the first calendar-year Grand Slam in 27 years by beating Kiki Bertens 7-6(5) 6-3 in the second round of the U.S.
Several vendors yesterday gathered in front of the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) in renewed protests at plans to have them move from the corner of Robb Street and Bourda to enable the demolition of the Bedford building.
Finance Minister Winston Jordan has confirmed that no state money was spent directly on the inauguration of President David Granger.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. plans to go out unbeaten and on his own terms, as ‘The Best Ever’, when he ends his boxing career in Las Vegas next week with his welterweight title defence against fellow American Andre Berto.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Returning to the scene of his grandest tennis achievement had a magical impact on defending champion Marin Cilic, who powered his way into the third round of the U.S.
Forty-one youths yesterday graduated from the Board of Industrial Train-ing’s Skills Training programme under the auspices of the Ministry of Social Protection’s, National Training Project for Youth Empowerment in Region Four.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Miller has hailed the country’s athletes for their performance at last month’s IAAF World Championships, describing them as inspirations to the entire nation.
Agriculture Minister Noel Holder yesterday launched the National Tree Planting Day initiative in the Ministry of Agriculture Boardroom.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Minnows Nicaragua have warned Jamaica not to take them lightly, as they eye an upset in the first leg of the third round 2018 World Cup qualifier at the National Stadium here tomorrow.
The Ministry of Communities Twenty20 hardball Inter-Ministry cricket competition will get underway today at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal has been reported for a suspect bowling action during the third test against India, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.
Dear Editor, To address any problem, you first have to recognize it.
Sophia, Upsetters, Sparta Boss, Raiders and North Ruimveldt were amongst the winners’ circle when the final round of group fixtures in the inaugural RDE Vibes and Sparta Boss ‘King of the Streets’ Football Tourney continued on Monday.
CALAIS, France/BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants poured overnight onto the high-speed railway linking Paris with London near the French port of Calais, stranding passengers in darkness aboard Eurostar trains.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Former Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke has withdrawn from a lucrative domestic Twenty20 contract as he reassesses whether he will ever play the sport again.
Dear Editor, I had started a kitchen garden at my home (built by Food for the Poor) about two years ago, more or less to help myself (I am a pensioner).
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan leader Otto Perez, who is fighting to save his presidency after becoming engulfed in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and sparked widespread protests, will not flee the country, his lawyer said yesterday.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday that China will cut its number of troops by 300,000, as he kicked off a massive military parade marking 70 years since the end of World War Two in Asia.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian labour court convicted units of Brazil’s Odebrecht Group of holding workers in conditions akin to slavery at an ethanol refinery construction project in Angola, Brazilian prosecutors said in a statement on Tuesday.
LAHORE, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council’s five-year bans on former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowler Mohammad Asif ended yesterday, but the long road back for the players will begin under heavy restrictions.
Dear Editor, It was to be expected that the Guyana Post Office Corporation would rise to its height to vacuously diffuse a systemic failure on already publicised security breaches, as if the latter were not reflective of the corporate management capacity, as well as of course being irrelevant to the complaint (GPOC is working to address delays at some locations,’ SN, August 26).
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Venue and financial constraints have forced St Lucia to pull out of hosting the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, the country’s Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony has announced.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador saw the highest number of murders last month since its bloody 12-year civil war ended in 1992 as violence between street gangs grew ever more deadly.
Dear Editor, I wish to recognize and applaud the enterprise and dynamism of Nigel’s (Nigels Supermarket), the Clinton Urlings (of Germans), the Lennox John (of Ashmins) and the Courtney Benns (of Courtney Benn Construction) of this great land of ours.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – Swiss authorities said yesterday they had frozen funds in Swiss banks amid investigations of Malaysia’s troubled state investment fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), on suspicion of corruption and money laundering.
MOREHEAD, Ky., (Reuters) – A county clerk in Kentucky sought an emergency injunction yesterday to temporarily block a federal court order requiring her to issue same-sex marriage licenses as she prepares to go to court today to face contempt charges.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that senior nurses are speaking out about the malady affecting the operations at Guyana’s premier public health institution – the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Former Nigerian soccer star Segun Odegbami has announced his bid to run for president of the sport’s international governing body FIFA, his campaign chief said yesterday.
Two prison officers assigned to the Carrera Island Prison are under investigation after prisoners Steve McGilvery and Leroy “Redo” Mohammed escaped custody on Monday.
Participants of the Ministry of Social Cohesion’s roundtable attended a luncheon with President David Granger (standing seventh from left) and First Lady Sandra Granger (seated second from left) at State House yesterday.
Finance Minister Winston Jordan has confirmed that no state money was spent directly on the inauguration of President David Granger.
Dear Editor, It is now just over three months into the new administration.