Guyana Times

The importance of Occupational Safety and Health in the workplace was the highlight as the Linden Electricity Company Inc (LECI) and the Linmine Secretariat hosted the annual workshop at the Watooka Complex at Mackenzie, Linden on Thursday. For Occupational Safety and Health Month with theme ‘Workplace Stress: A Collective Challenge’, the workshop saw workers from various organisations, including the...

– D&I workers request more funding BY INDRAWATTIE NATRAM Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) Chairman, Devanand Ramdatt has said that drainage and irrigation should be given top priority as the rainy season is closely approaching. At a recent meeting organised with the Drainage and Irrigation contractors, the Regional Vice Chairperson, RDC Councillors and staff from the Regional Administration, Ramdatt highlighted the need for...

...US$5M Your Eyewitness loves “who dunnits”..mysteries with all kinds of red herrings are introduced to throw the Police (and readers) off the scent from figuring out “who did it”. He’d read all those Hardy Boys – and even his sisters Nancy Drews then the Perry Mason court potboilers, like “Case of the Missing Button” - back in his dissolute...

A West Berbice man was on Friday jailed for four months by city Magistrate Fabayo Azore for breaking and entering a church. The accused, Raul Ramsaywack, told the court he is 25 years old and originally from Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice. He pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that on April 21, at Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown, he...

As the world joined in the celebration of World Earth Day, Guyana also joined over 150 countries in the signing of the climate change agreement in Paris on Friday. President David Granger joined hundreds of world leaders to sign the 2015 agreement, which was crafted in December last year in Paris. The expected key result of the agreement is to...

– awaiting debunching payment The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) – with the aim of bargaining for increased wages for its public school teachers – is awaiting the Education Ministry to restart its salary negotiations so that teachers will, in the near future, be able to benefit from a 40 per cent increase in their current income. Due to undisclosed reasons,...

Dear Editor, My very good friend or “Mr gharpoochna” as Indians call him, Freddie Kissoon lacks independence of thought and mind and therefore his writings cannot be taken seriously. Freddie recently wrote that he “campaigned for the AFC and PNC because he feared for his life under the PPP”. He used as an illustration the scene in the James Bond movie...

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the news on April 19, 2016 entitled “105 workers opted for severance not fired - GuySuCo raps GAWU” The article went on to say “GAWU has alleged... 105 workers were fired”. Premised on an allegation, the article then quoted GuySuCo which said in a statement “this release by GAWU is the epitome of GAWU...

Dear Editor, The constant rise of crimes in our country is now a concern for all Guyanese citizens. The recent burning to death of two elderly couple, the brutal murder of a beautiful Afro-Guyanese girl and the shooting to death of a 26-year-old businessman just within a few days should be something our present administration should be worried about. This...

The last week of this month (April), has been set aside as World Immunisation Week. Every year there are a number of activities usually planned in more than 180 countries, including vaccination campaigns, training workshops, round-table discussions, public information campaigns, etc to raise awareness about the importance of being immunised. For us in Guyana, this special Week provides an...