Skilled employees recently laid off from GUYSUCO’s closed or downsized estates were given the opportunity to turn their technical training towards employment in the mining sector, as Guyana Goldfields Inc./Aurora Gold Mines Inc. conducted a five-day recruitment exercise recently. “The ...
The Guyana Teachers’ Union on Thursday decided to take strike action after the latest round of pay talks broke down again, in just under two years, union President Mark Lyte said. “The way forward is that we are now mandated ...
Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, who also serves as the Secretary to the Defence Board on Thursday said that the Government of Guyana is committed to providing the necessary resources and equipment to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) so ...
The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) Thursday night confirmed that there were no locks or chains on any of the emergency exit doors at the Pegasus Hotel, a position that the hotel stated categorically. “The evacuation was orderly and swift as ...
There is no evidence that Haitians are being trafficked through Guyana to French Guiana, but authorities here are focussing on possible trafficking of Venezuelans, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Winston Felix said. “First of all, you are assuming that given ...
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Thursday said if A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) refuses to meet to discuss and work out arrangements for direct transfers of oil wealth to the poor Guyanese, it will whip up support among ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By George Alleyne Having suffered contractions in the economy for two successive quarters, Barbados is now officially in recession and as this nation struggles to climb out of this economic hole, the outlook for the ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By George Alleyne Ex-Barbados government minister, Donville Inniss, a once powerful outspoken official for most of the 10 years of the past administration is now reduced to wearing an electronic monitoring device while his travel ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Terri Schlichenmeyer “How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace” by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison c.2018, Atheneum Books for Young Readers $17.99 / $23.99 Canada 48 pages In church, you ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Desmond Brown ST. GEORGE’S, Aug 8, 2018 (IPS) — Grenada is still tallying the damage after heavy rainfall last week resulted in “wide and extensive” flooding that once again highlights the vulnerability of Small ...