Chevy Devonish

A 30-year-old mother of three was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital  (GPHC) yesterday morning after she was found with knife wounds at the K&VC Hotel on South Road.

The arbitrators who presided over the NAACIE/GuySuCo Tribunal yesterday revealed that workers in several categories, who were represented by the union, would receive wage increases, while an additional one per cent (1%) was awarded on all the union’s scales The tribunal was presided over by Major General Rtd Norman McLean, who served as the body’s Chairman, as well as Dr Gobind Ganga and Professor Clive Thomas.

Residents of several coastal communities yesterday woke to find their yards and homes under several inches of muddy seawater after windy conditions in the Atlantic propelled 1.5 meter swells, riding on 3.11 meter tides, over the sea defences.

The combined opposition yesterday voted to cut proposed allocations in the national budget for the National Communications Network (NCN) and the Government Information Agency (GINA) down to $1, repeating a measure it took a year ago over concerns about bias in their operations.

The two men who perished in the plane crash which destroyed a house in Sparendaam on Saturday have been identified and the

Poor turnouts in three East Coast of Demerara villages characterised government’s consultations on its E-Governance Project, which had drawn protests at Plaisance over the erection of a tower on the community’s playground.

A meeting between a government representative and residents of Plaisance to discuss the controversial erection of a signal tower was aborted after perturbed villagers sent the proceedings into disarray.

APNU MP Deborah Backer yesterday cautioned that in the aftermath of the death of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela has to be closely watched as it relates to the border controversy with Guyana and trade ties but Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett was confident of continuing good relations.

Engineer with the Ministry of Public Works and Communications Walter Willis yesterday said that the tower which was slated to be erected at the Plaisance/Industry Community Centre Ground for the government’s e-governance project will be sited elsewhere.

Over two dozen residents of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara yesterday returned to the Plaisance/Industry Community Centre Ground to protest the erection of a tower at the site for the government’s e-governance project without their knowledge, while a community meeting to address their grievances is still being considered.

Dozens of irate residents from the East Coast village of Plaisance yesterday blocked the erecting of a tower for the government’s e-governance project noting that it was to be placed on their community centre ground.

A fire tore through the Teachers Living Quarters of the Bygeval Multilateral Secondary School, Chelsea Park, East Coast Demerara, on Monday night, displacing five families in its wake.

If the University of Guyana (UG) is to attract the knowledge of additional PhD-level academic staff to add to the meagre 3% it possesses, it may very well have increase current salaries by as much as 200%, according to a consultant, who added that while the cost might seem steep, it would be far costlier to have an ignorant population.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday tried to make a convincing case to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for approval of a tariff proposal that it expects would help it bring its revenue levels within range of meeting its annual $7B operations cost by 2016.

A €8.6 million programme to boost the region’s agriculture sector, particularly small producers, was inked yesterday between the European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA).

An accident which occurred at Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast last evening has resulted in the death of a Buxton resident.

The decision to use Chinese labour to construct several Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) Sub-Stations was based on the extensive skill sets of the workers and the need to get the projects completed as quickly as possible, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bharat Dindyal says.

New University of Guyana (UG) Vice-Chancellor Professor Jacob Opadeyi today stated that if the university is to be rebranded a high quality tertiary institution, its administrators must, among other things, find ways to increase the “ridiculously low” tuition fees currently paid by students.

The family of the late Seon Scott says that he never received any kind of formal training from the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) or the private contractor he was working for at the time he was fatally burnt by a livewire last month.

Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul yesterday signaled that the wage dispute between the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) and the union representing striking workers may be headed towards arbitration.