Hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of the capital city today as the National Trade Union Centre (NATUC) rejected the government’s offer of a five per cent wage increase to workers.
Michael Annisette, president of NATUC, says today’s protest was a show of solidarity to all workers offered five percent by the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO).

Goedverwachting, East Coast – Citizens are calling on the authorities to be more vigilant and are requesting the immediate intervention of community policing groups as armed bandits continue to reign terror along the East and West Coast of Demerara. This follows as a businessman was shot last evening upon entering his home on the East Coast of Demerara. Two armed bandits ambushed him in the darkness making off with a quantity of jewelery and cash before shooting him in the arm and abdomen. His condition in listed as stable at a city hospital.

Region nine –
Mr. Bertie Xavier, Toshao of Wowetta Community, North Rupununi, Region 9, is elected to serve on the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Mr. Xavier’s election to the Permanent Forum follows from the importance Guyana has attached to indigenous issues nationally and our continued engagement on these issues at the international level, including our consistent participation in the sessions of the Permanent Forum.

 

Georgetown– President Bharrat Jagdeo in his capacity as President of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will be attending the South Common Market (Mercosur) Summit in Brazil on December 16.
President Jagdeo at a press conference today at the Office of the President stated that the meeting is important as it will provide the opportunity for Latin American heads to discuss some of the issues that require urgent attention as was agreed by UNASUR heads during the 4th Regular Summit in Guyana on November 26.