Banks DIH Limited’s more than 1,000 unionised workers will now get a 25% salary increase plus a monthly cost of living allowance of GY$17,000, President of the General Workers’ Union (GWU), Norris Witter said Saturday. “Given the extenuating circumstances, it is a satisfactory deal,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. Mr Witter explained that the pay hike has been broken...

President Irfaan Ali seemed set to appoint Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken to the substantive position of police commissioner, effectively discarding concerns by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton about his suitability for the top law enforcement position. Mr Norton told Dr Ali that there should be “continued dialogue on the search for a best-fitted person for the chair of Commissioner of...

New United Nations Resident Coordinator to Guyana, Ms. Jean Kamau, recently presented her credentials to President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, at the Office of the President. The UN Office in Guyana said on Friday that the presentation signaled the official start of Ms. Kamau’s mandate in Guyana. Ms. Kamau, who is a national of Kenya, is replacing Ms. Yesim Oruç of...

New York-based opposition political activist, Rickford Burke on Friday demanded GY$100 million in compensation from Guyanese city businessman, Roshan Khan, for allegedly libeling him in a Facebook post titled “In the Raw: Submachine Guns everywhere”. Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes demanded from Mr Khan an apology for his September 10, 2024 Facebook post which contains charges of serious libel on Mr Burke...

One Communications, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and several non-governmental organisations, collectively referred to as Champions of Hope, officially launched Pinktober 2024 on Friday, continuing its mission to raise awareness and support for cancer fighters and survivors across Guyana, the company said. Speaking at the launch event themed ‘Many Hearts, One Fight,’ Ian Lewis, Director of Brand and...

Two men were Friday charged with the abduction of Joshua “Bricks” David and they were remanded to prison, while five other suspects surrendered and remained in custody, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Those charged with abduction in violation of the Kidnapping Act 2003 are Osafo Peters and Alpha Poole. They were not required to plea and were remanded to...

Guyana on Thursday ruled out the restriction or banning of Chinese businesses, in the wake of concerns that the increasing number of mainly supermarkets is outcompeting their nearby locally-owned counterparts with cheaper prices. “If the idea is to stop people based on nationality, it would be impossible to do it. What if China says ‘we’re not going to sell Guyana any...

An electrician has been jailed for one year after he pleaded guilty to stealing numerous street lights around the young professionals housing units at La Bonne Intention (LBI) Housing Scheme, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Thursday. Police said 34-year-old Sharmo Jones of Plaisance Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara also told the court that he installed a number of the...

by GHK Lall If one is of a certain frame of mind, lives a certain way, then there is everything to love, even admire, about Guyana’s chief policymaker, Dr. Bharat Jagdeo’s operating style. But only if one were disposed along some curly lines. Take this inspiring development involving a small army of senior public servants summoned to the Arthur Chung...

by GHK Lall A few warm words of congratulations are extended to President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali for the product of his mind and his pen: a book. From one writer to another, it is good to have another penman as company, a Guyanese born and bred one, is even better. Ali the author does have a clean, glistening sound...