MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY 2016 BY PETTERI TAALAS SECRETARY-GENERAL WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION Climate change is affecting our natural and human environment. Our emissions of greenhouse gases continue to rise, and the temperature of the lower atmosphere and the ocean is increasing. Today the Earth is already…
Georgetown, March 17, 2016. The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has encountered a very unfortunate situation at the Rose Hall Estate this morning. About 06:00 hours, approximately 735 of our Cane Harvesters struck, they were demanding an explanation from the estate’s management as to the reason for them not being offered…
Once more the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has misled its membership into activities that only further deplete the production and productivity of the sugar industry, but importantly denying workers and their families of a normal livelihood. The continued weekly work stoppages result in reduced pay, as well…
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC : Charging of Fees for services offered by GLDA
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is leading efforts to bring some level of relief to communities hard hit by drought-like conditions due to El Nino. The agency’s Director General, Col. Rt. Chabilall Ramsarup informed the Government Information Agency (GINA) that since being given the mandate by President David Granger to…
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC : Charging of Fees for services offered by GLDA
The Parties, GuySuCo and GAWU on February 19, 2016 reconvened at Conciliation under the auspices of the Chief Labour Officer to conclude on Annual Production Incentive [API] for 2015. The last meeting was held on December 11, 2015 where both parties presented their submissions to the conciliator, after which he…
