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The Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU) says that hundreds of LBI estate workers struck on Thursday and yesterday to object to their planned transfer to the Enmore estate and the union accused GuySuCo of not wanting discussions on the matter.
The market vendors have formalized themselves into a union and President Eon Andrews said the body is seeking to restore respect to the vendors.
Director of the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) Marlan Cole has said that some of the recent criticisms levelled against him and his department, reinforce and reassure him that he is performing his duties.
The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) made a huge seizure of illegal fuel at the “Old Mac” wharf on the Essequibo Coast, resulting in the arrests of five persons for questioning.
Government yesterday confirmed that the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology would be relocated to the western wing of the National Museum.
A man was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of tractor operator Rampersaud Rattan, who was fatally stabbed during an argument on Monday evening.
A resident of Jackass Island, who police say fatally stabbed another man for gossiping about him, was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with murder.
Edward Skeete and Nabadingi Gobin, charged with fatally shooting a man in Tucville last year, were yesterday committed to stand trial for his murder.
A Port Mourant youth, who was on trial for the rape of a four-year-old, was yesterday freed of the charge after a jury found him not guilty.
Lisolette La Cruz, the shopkeeper who was charged last year for the unlawful possession of a pistol, ammunition and a small quantity of ganja, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail.
Residents of Cactus Street, West Ruimveldt are pleading with the authorities to remove the derelict firetrucks and other vehicles that are parked on the parapet.
Some 30 government and non-governmental organisations came together yesterday to promote youth employment under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport for the celebration of International Youth Day.
Canadian mining firm Guyana Goldfields Inc produced 32,053 ounces of gold at its Aurora mine in Region Seven during the second quarter of this year and its optimism is high that the second half of the year will see better results.
The final report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fire at the Drop-in Centre on Hadfield Street that claimed the lives of two young brothers was delivered to Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday.
Gestational hypertension and foetal heart defect were the causes of two the two stillbirths at the Lethem Regional Hospital in July, investigations have found.
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services today declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico because of the widespread transmission of the Zika virus, which poses a “significant threat” to public health.
The Ministry of the Presidency this afternoon said that the Walter Roth Museum will be moved to the Guyana National Museum and the current Main Street location is to be used by the Ministry of the Presidency.
The police say that investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident which occurred about 2125h.
Government yesterday stated that its Minister of Health misled Parliament on a controversial contract for the storage of pharmaceuticals and it called on him to issue a public apology and also said that the deal for the Sussex Street premises would be reviewed.
According to President David Granger, Kares Engineering Incorporated, the company which constructed the problem-riddled Kato Secondary School, will no longer receive government contracts.
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