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Eastern Airlines, re-branded from Dynamic Airways, given approval by Gov’t
Minister of State Dawn Hasting-Williams Friday announced that Eastern Airline has received approval by Cabinet to operate flights from Guyana to Miami.
The Minister said, the government is being approached by a number of foreign airlines…
Two men charged for selling ecstasy pills
Following an operation in Alberttown, Georgetown, from the Police Narcotics Branch, two men who were busted with a quantity of ecstasy pills were on Friday charged before City Magistrate Leron Daly for drug trafficking.
Kurt Singh, a…
Two more charged for murder of Corentyne fishermen
Two men who were nabbed in Suriname and deported to Guyana have been charged with the high seas piracy/murder of four Corentyne, Berbice fishermen.
Anonth Boodrage, 20, of Belvedere Squatting Area and Ricardo Fraser, 22, of Epson Village…
Linden man jailed for two years for possession of unlicensed gun, ammo
A Linden man was Friday jailed for two years for the unlawful possession for a firearm and ammunition.
Shawn Dover of Blueberry Hill Squatting Area, Wismar, Linden was arrested on Thursday at the Mabura Police Outpost.
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More vehicle parts seized
Police on the East Bank of Demerara, acting on intelligence, swooped down on the premises of a Sarah Johanna early Friday morning and seized a large quantity of pitbull minibus parts.
Police said the parts were suspected to have been…
UG says will ‘work’ with student in viral video seen as racist; warns other students, staff against…
The University of Guyana on Friday reminded staff and students of its values against bigotry and discrimination and said it will “continue to work” with a young student after a video of him, uploaded to Facebook, was condemned as being…
Police in crackdown against illegal coloured lights on vehicles
The Guyana Police Force is clamping down on the use of illegal coloured lights on vehicles.
During a two-hour campaign on Thursday, which began at sundown, the Police stopped and escorted several drivers to Traffic Headquarters,…
Guyana gets US$1.7M for low emissions project
The Guyana Government has received US$1.7M from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to implement a project titled “Mainstreaming Low Emissions Technologies to build Guyana’s Green Economy.”
The implementation partners are the Guyana…
Scotiabank scraps sale of Antigua, Guyana banks for now amid regulatory and political pushback
(The Financial Post) The Bank of Nova Scotia has scrapped the sale of its holdings in two Caribbean countries and will continue to run the operations for the time being after running into regulatory and political pushback.
Scotiabank…
8-Y-O Mon Repos student hospitalized after beaten by classmates
The mother of an 8-year-old student of the Mon Repos Primary School, East Coast Demerara is calling for a full investigation into an incident which has left her son in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The child,…
