Day: December 5, 2010

The police have launched an investigation in to the robbery of fisherman Vijai Persaud, 30 years of Mon Repos North, ECD, and his two crew members were attacked and robbed by three men, two of whom were armed with firearms.

Investigations so far revealed that Vijai Persaud and the two other fishermen were in their boat in the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 miles off the Mahaicony Foreshore, when a boat with the three perpetrators came up alongside. They were held at gunpoint and robbed of a total of 3 cell phones, a quantity of jewellery, and $20,000.00 by the men. 

East Bank Demerara – Barama seems to be determined to hold on to it’s Plywood markets locally, as the company imported containers of the product recently. Early October, the company’s boiler, a component that is
integral to the production of plywood, was damaged. Four workers were blamed
for being negligent. With repairs or replacement likely to take an estimated 18
months, BCL said that it had no choice than to lay off the 281 workers who were

Diamond, East Bank Demerara– Demeara Distillers Limited says it remains committed to ensuring that all of it’s employees are paid their current sala