Day: November 2, 2010

The Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) Stephanie Lewis stands her ground. No new wage offer was presented to the Public Service Association (PSA) by Lewis, PSA president Watson Duke has said.
The PSA today led thousands of public officers in a march through Port of Spain in protest against a one per cent wage offer by Lewis.
In response Duke said public officers will not be resuming work for the rest of the week.

The entire trade union movement will joined the Public Service Association’s (PSA) fight against the one percent salary offer, president general of the Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) Ancil Roget has warned government. Hundreds of public officers marched through Port of Spain today. They were joined by all of this country’s major trade unions. PSA president Watson Duke is currently meeting with the Chief Personnel Officer negotiating.
 

President of the Public Sevice Association (PSA), Watson Duke, says about 20,000 public officers are expected to join today’s ‘black Tuesday reloaded’ march as they step up their protest against Government’s wage offer. However, Finance Minister Winston Dookeran says he would not bow to pressure. The PSA is protesting a one per cent wage offer by the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO). Duke is saying that only a double digit offer will do. Dookeran has warned that this would be catastrophic to the economy.

TrakkerNews was reliably informed on Tuesday that a number of private companies in Guyana are now in communication with overseas dealers to import plywood to supply the local market, after Barama was forced to shut down its operations recently. The commodity became scarce as the demand increased over recent weeks. At least two reputable hardware dealers have confirmed the move to supply the local market and are in the process of finalizing negotiations with overseas suppliers.

 The Guyana Defense force open it week long activities in observing its 45th anniversary with hoisting the national flag, the Golden Arrow Head on Mount Ayanganna this morning.

On November 4 the UNDP will officially launch it’s Global Human Development Report 2010 around the world, this being the 20th anniversary edition.  The 2010 Report looks back rigorously at the past four decades and identifies often surprising trends and patterns with important lessons for the future. According to a correspondence from the UN office here in Guyana, these varied pathways to human development show that there is no single formula for sustainable progress.

 The National Assembly will proceed upon the further stages of the childcare and development services bill 2009 Thursday November 4th sitting after a report from a special select committee .The bill initiated an act to regulate childcare and development services and connected matters.

"Fast driving takes lives, careful driving saves lives". The theme of Road Safety month which started on Monday. The theme and observance of road safety comes in the wake of several fatal accidents on the roadways over the past 2 weeks, a total of 16 deaths. So far for the year the figure of road deaths stands at 117, 20 more than last year’s figure.