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Daily Archives: Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 23:45

Civil aviation investigators to probe Roraima Airways plane crash in which pilot died

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 23:45 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is preparing to launch an intensive probe into a plane crash at Eteringbang Tuesday afternoon that claimed the life of a Roraima Airways pilot- an incident that has plunged the domestic carrier into mourning. Dead is Chief Pilot, 39-year old Collin Martin who ...

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Updated: Roraima Airways pilot dies in plane crash

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 20:11 by Denis Chabrol A  pilot employed by domestic airline, Roraima Airways, early Tuesday evening died when the plane crashed on approaching the airstrip at Eteringbang in western Guyana, officials confirmed. He has been identified as Collin Martin. The wreckage was located and his body was extracted. It was due to arrive in ...

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Trinidadian arrested for fatal road accident

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 17:12 by Denis Chabrol A Trinidad and Tobago national has been detained following a fatal accident which occurred last night on the Lovely Lass Public Road, West Coast Berbice which resulted in the death of a 23-year-old pedal cyclist from # 29 Village, West Coast Berbice, police said Tuesday. Police do not release ...

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More unrest at Georgetown Prison, as wardens bid farewell to slain prison officer

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 16:42 by Denis Chabrol Even as Guyana Prison Service wardens were Tuesday preparing to bid farewell to Prison Officer, Odinga Wain Wickham who was killed during the violent unrest at the Camp Street jail earlier this month, their colleagues and other members of the security forces were busy quelling another disturbance by several inmates. ...

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ExxonMobil announces second giant oilfield offshore Guyana…500 million barrels of oil found

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 9:15 by Denis Chabrol IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced it has discovered additional oil in the Payara reservoir offshore Guyana, increasing the total Payara discovery to approximately 500 million oil-equivalent barrels. These positive well results increase the estimated gross recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to between 2.25 billion oil-equivalent barrels ...

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Gina Miller on being Guyanese

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 9:05 by Denis Chabrol by John Mair in London She is easily now the most recognised Guyanese in the UK.Gina Miller has shot to prominence in the last year by taking on-and winning against -the British government on the Brexit process. She objected to no Parliamentary discussion and won her case all the ...

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Baroness Amos calls for end to ‘racialised politics’ in Guyana

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 9:02 by Denis Chabrol By John Mair She was the first Black British Cabinet minister in Britain so knows  bit about race and politics.She is not one for basing political parties on race as in Guyana she told a packed meeting at the Guyana High Commission in London on Tuesday night. This,the latest ...

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