Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 December 2014, 23:27 by GxMedia Authorities on Wednesday shied away from saying when the search for the Britten-Norman Islander plane that went missing earlier this week would be called off, but noted that the operation was now in a critical period with the passage of 72 hours. Air Traffic Controllers around midday Sunday reported losing ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 December 2014, 16:41 by GxMedia After more than two days of aerial searches, several Special Forces soldiers were Wednesday morning  rappelled into thick virgin forest but did not find the missing aircraft and two persons who were aboard, according to a well-placed source. The source said that the decision to put boots on the ground ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 December 2014, 16:25 by GxMedia A United States-based Guyanese lawyer and his brother, who is a local businessman, are suing Dynamic Airways for inconvenience caused due to lengthy delays and flight cancellations in recent weeks. Moses Rambarran is also urging all passengers affected on the New York-Georgetown route to become parties to a class-action lawsuit ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 December 2014, 4:00 by GxMedia (EL UIVERSAL).-The Venezuelan government has released a communiqué in response to the recent statements made by Guyanese Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, where the Guyanese official noted her country was exploring options other than the Good Offices process, agreed upon by both countries to settle their ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 December 2014, 0:16 by GxMedia With still no sign of the missing Britten Norman Islander aircraft, the search and rescue operation widened its areas close to the intended destination Karisparu – an Amerindian community in Region 8 (Potaro/Siparuni) today, December 30, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said Tuesday. Eyewitness reports indicate that the aircraft ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 December 2014, 0:00 by GxMedia As Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) aims to regain its badly needed parliamentary majority in early elections, the government appears to have smudged its own image again in the eyes of the Amerindians. This time, President Donald Ramotar’s alleged utterance to a heckler at Aishalton, Rupununi has sent ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 0:11 by GxMedia Search and rescue teams triangulated a search area approximately 20 miles west and south of Mahdia Tuesday, December 29 for the missing Britten Norman Islander aircraft 8R-GHE which disappeared on Sunday, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said. The authority said that the expanse of dense jungle is within the area ...

Last Updated on Monday, 29 December 2014, 18:30 by GxMedia Rescuers Monday narrowed their search for a missing light aircraft to “an area of high probability” in Guyana’s jungle, well-placed sources said. The area was identified after members of the search and rescue mission interviewed miners and other persons in the area. A number of them were taken aboard aircraft ...

Last Updated on Monday, 29 December 2014, 17:48 by GxMedia (MOROCCO WORLD NEWS).-Morocco Customs has seized 2.4 kg cocaine and arrested a Guyanese national at the Casablanca Mohammed V airport in that North African country on Saturday, an official told Customs Today. The illegal substance was hidden inside the luggage of the Guyanese drug trafficker who was traveling from Sao ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 28 December 2014, 23:29 by GxMedia After a more than six hour search for a missing plane, with two persons aboard, a search and rescue mission came up empty-handed and called off their operation at sunset Sunday until day-break Monday, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said in a statement. The GCAA said the Britten Norman ...