Workers of the Wales Sugar Estate yesterday downed tools as they continued to show their disapproval at the planned yearend closure of the estate and again called on government to “revisit the decision.”
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States had a plan for an extensive cyber attack on Iran in case diplomatic attempts to curtail its nuclear program failed, The New York Times reported yesterday, citing a forthcoming documentary and military and intelligence officials.
Teams representing the Government of Guyana and Barama Company Limited (BCL), last week, held discussions on the Company’s request for a renewal of its Investment Development Agreement, which will expire in October.
(Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s government “believes that there is substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern, it said in a draft of its long-delayed Fiscal Year 2014 financial report.
The police are being investigated for allegedly beating an Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast resident, who has since been hospitalised.
A teenager, accused of stealing over half a million in valuables during a city robbery in which the victim was shot, was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s Investigator General Alejandro Ordonez yesterday said he will probe whether the head of the national police force was involved in the creation of a male prostitution ring that allegedly served lawmakers and was aided by police officials.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday ordered Apple to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation break into a phone belonging to Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the killers in the December shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California.
A two-day workshop on local government elections for media workers ended on Sunday with reporters urged to report responsibly and fairly.
A Rupununi man was yesterday placed on bail in a city court after he denied burglarising a village shop and stealing several items, including over $12,000 in beer.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a blunt-spoken Egyptian who led the world body through global turmoil as it defined its peacekeeping role and lost his job over disputes with Washington, died yesterday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Argentina has reached a deal with lawyers pursuing a U.S.
SHANGHAI/DUBAI, (Reuters) – A freight train from China arrived in Tehran on Monday, Iranian and Chinese media reported, calling it a historical first that opens a new trade link between countries seeking to strengthen ties as Iran emerges from years of economic isolation.
Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow yesterday called on CARICOM to wage a relentless campaign against what he described as the “possible banking Armageddon that we face” from bank de-risking.
Albert Cromwell, an independent candidate contesting to be the representative for the Kitty/Subryanville constituency, was today charged with the unlawful wounding of a member of the Team Benschop for Mayor Campaign.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-The chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Dave Richardson, is suggesting that young West Indies bowler Keemo Paul should have warned Zimbabwe batsman Richard Ngarava before removing his bails in an incident that sparked controversy during the recent ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh.
Team Benschop which is fielding candidates for the Georgetown City Council election says a volunteer was assaulted last evening while putting up flags.
Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday afternoon took into custody a People’s Progressive Party (PPP) employee Jason Abdulla for unknown reasons, a release from the PPP said.
Over the next five years, government will be working to integrate contract workers into the traditional public service, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who yesterday said the APNU+AFC administration inherited the system under which the workers were hired, forcing it to go with the flow for now.
The Ministry of Agriculture has challenged the severance pay figure of $675 million for Wales estate workers mooted at a recent Moray House Trust (MHT) forum and it has also cast doubt on a proposal that the sugar estate can be transformed into a public company.
The ePaper edition, on the Web & in stores for Android, iPhone & iPad.
Included free with your web subscription. Learn more.
