Author: TrakkerNews
Enmore Sugar workers continue to strike- will not accept 5% increase
This morning Enmore sugar workers told TrakkerNews they will continue to strike until Sunday.
They said Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) are offering 5% increase in salary for 260 tonnes of production of sugar. At present the company is producing 194 tonnes and the workers will not accept 5% increase for 260 tonnes. They maintained that if they get 5% the production will be at about 230 tonnes. The strike action started Sunday last and the workers are prepared to down tools until their union and Guysuco can come up with a reasonable package.
PM to talk on spy agency today.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is expected to address the issue of wire tapping and spying of law abiding citizens in today’s sitting of Parliament. She is expected to make a full statement on the secret operations of the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA). The units future is also to be addressed. The SIA is reported to have spied on Persad-Bissessar and other public figures over the past five years.
More than 200 families will be affected by untimely dismantling of fishermen’s storeroom`
Fishermen who store their boat engines, nets and other equipment that they use to ply their business in a boxer ramp (Storage room) at Goed Fortuin,West Bank Demerara are calling on the Public Works Minister Robsen Benn to be fair. Fifty fishing boat operators claim they were told that the boxer ramp is affecting the ministry to carry out their works to build a sea dam there, however they were told yesterday by an official of the Ministry that they will make a decision in ten days time.
Guysuco refuses to negotiate for increase in salaries until sugar workers resume duties.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation says that it’s operations continue to be hampered with huge losses as sugar workers remain on strike.Over 400 workers, most from the Enmore Estate took industrial action since last week for better wages and salaries. Guysuco is not willing to meet the Union demands and strongly advised on Thursday that unless there is a full turnout no negotiations will take place. For weeks now, the Corporation and the Union remain deadlock on the way forward.
Health workers deployed to Mandela dump site environs.
With help from the heavy early morning showers and the persistent efforts of fire fighters and city council workers, the Mandela dump site fire is finally under control. However heavy smoke still engulfed the immediate environs of the dump site, causing serious health complications to residents. The Mayor Hamilton Greene, has moved to the Ministry of Health to deploy workers in the area. People with respiratory problems and small children were advised to leave until the situation is fully under control.
Finance Minister calls on insurance companies to repair the damage brought on by the Clico fiasco
Citizens are reluctant to be insured since the fall of Clico in Guyana and around the Caribbean. Now the Finance Minister is calling on the Insurance Industry to learn from the mistakes and regain the trust of policy holders. Barring the troubled Clico, the Minister explained that the local insurance industry has recorded real growth and once the confidence is restored, Policy Holders will see real benefits.
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Government accepts blame for failing to act on the commencement bill 2010 to benefit Ameridians- Parliament hears.
A bill to afford legal power, demarcation and land titling among other key benefits to Guyana’s indigenous people is yet to be commenced upon. Since 2006 the Ameridian Act was tabled in Parliament by the then Minister Carolyn Rodrigues. Since then there has been no head way, for which the Prime Minister accepted blame in Parliament today. The Commencement Bill 2010 provide amerindians with key rights.
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