Month: October 2010

The murder of former Guyana Power and Light security head Clifford Peters may be solved soon. Police have what they suspect is the gunman who shot Peters dead on May 4 last year. The alleged killer, according to police sources will be interrogated and forensic examinations carried out on him, before he is charged and placed before the court. While not saying much about the suspect, police are sure they have the right man in custody based on description and months of investigation into Peters killing.

Shawn De Souza and Radesh Persaud are in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after they survived from the hands of a 42 year old man who was on a chopping spree this morning.

Government Senator David Abdulah says he does not expect any fall out following his decision to join public officers in their protest yesterday.
Abdulah, who is also the president of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Government Organisation (FITUN), joined fellow labour leaders in a show of support yesterday in a protest orchestrated by the Public Services Association (PSA).

Secretary of the Public Services’ Association (PSA) Nixon Callender has estimated the crowd at today’s protest as 15,000 public officers. Watson Duke, the PSA’s president has labelled today’s demonstration as a success in terms of the support from public officers. Today’s march may also be labelled a success in another way as Duke said his meeting with the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) today may change the government’s proposal of a one per cent salary increase. The CPO’s office today announced it will be "reviewing" the proposed increase.

A man known as Light’ this morning chopped four persons, three men and a woman at the corner of Russle and House Streets, Charlestown.The woman and a man died on the spot while the other two men were rushed to the hospital. According to residents in the area the man was seen early this morning sharpening his cutlass and saying that people would die today.
Some residents claim that the man, who is now in police custody, is mentally unstable.
 

Plans are a go for a total shutdown of the public service tomorrow. Watson Duke president of the Public Services Association has called on all public officers to  stay away from work tomorrow in protest against a proposed one percent salary increase. James Lambert president of the National Union of Government and Federated Workers (NUGFW) has pledged support against the ‘ridiculous’ wage offer. The Communications Workers Union plan to wear black tomorrow