Day: October 18, 2010

Thousands of sugar workers across the country today down tools at the troubled Guyana Sugar Corporation calling for a 15% increase in wages.
The strike was organized by the General Workers Union (GAWU).
According to a spokesperson attached to the Union, workers would get an increase every year in the month of October, but this did not happen this year.
Guysuco’s management wanted the workers to continue work while the union goes back to the board for further negotiations.

President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association Steve Ninval said it is disappointing to disclose to Guyanese that three of their countrymen who left to represent Guyana at the Commonwealth games in India have absconded to the United states of America.
 
The absconders are 21-year old Clevon Rock, 21-year old Dexter Jordan, and 24-year old  Devon Boatswain.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation this afternoon expressed its disappointment at the decision by workers represented by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) to engage in an industry-wide strike, today Monday October 18, 2010.
 
GuySuco says the union has indicated that the strike action is aimed at applying pressure on the Corporation into making an across the board wages and salaries increase for 2010.
 

Today 33 year old Nigel Wright of Company Road Buxton succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital to injuries sustained in a road accident yesterday at 11:30 pm on Vlissengen Road.

Police in  division ‘D’, West Demerara are investigating the circumstances which resulted in Rovin Maniram age 29 years sustaining a gunshot injury to his groin today Monday October 18, 2010.
 
Maniram of Novelle Flanders, West Bank Demerara lives in a yard where there are two houses and occupies the ground floor of the back house.
 
He was about to open his door when he allegedly saw a man who shot him and escaped.
 

Heavy rains have caused flooding and landslides in and around the capital city. But the Office of Disaster Preparedness (ODPM) says the situation is under control. The fire service is assisting with rescue missions from flooded areas while the Public Transport Service Commission (PTSC) is providing shuttle services around Port of Spain. The Meteorological Office says that no rain is expected later today until tomorrow morning.

The Police are stretched thin as they grapple with the alarming rate of  armed robberies in the country. Before  one attack can be fully investigated another robbery occurs putting the Police under severe pressure. The lack of professional expertise, adequate forensic capabilities and manpower in the force, puts it in dire straits. The latest violent robberies have exposed the inability of the Police to make arrests. Friday’s attack on a businessman, where the gunmen abandoned the getaway car and vanished is a typical example.