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Monthly Archives: August 2017

CANU setting up Berbice branch as part of drug trade crackdown

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 19:14 by Denis Chabrol A Berbice branch of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is set to be opened at Springlands, Corentyne to aid law enforcement agents  in the fight against drug trafficking, Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan has announced. The announcement was made at a public meeting on Sunday at No. 66 village, Corentyne ...

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Granger defends decision to put brake on police promotions

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 18:30 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger said that there have been many legitimate complaints by members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and aggrieved police officers of abuse and malpractice in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and it is precisely for this reason that he has asked for the promotion of police ...

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Illegal aircraft found in Guyana changed ownership recently

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 17:41 by Denis Chabrol The Brazilian company listed as the operator of the illegal aircraft found earlier this week on an illegal airstrip in the North Rupununi on Wednesday said it sold the plane to another company almost four months ago for less than US$1 million. Speaking through an interpreter, Carlos Eustaquio of ...

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Police Legal adviser cites major gaps in evidence on Granger assassination plot probe

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 12:08 by Denis Chabrol Police Legal Adviser, Retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh said the uncertainty about the date of the occurrence of the alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger, only the presence of the accused and the accuser, and the fact that the report was made 21 months ago posed challenges ...

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Illegal aircraft bears valid Brazil registration, operated by Brazilian company

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 20:02 by Denis Chabrol The Beechcraft Kingair aircraft has been confirmed as having authentic Brazilian registration and is operated by a company believed to be involved in the gold industry. Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Colonel Egbert Field said information, including the registration number-PR IMG-obtained from the Brazilian Civil ...

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Bandits rob city cafe’s customers, staff

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 13:50 by Denis Chabrol Bandits Tuesday morning apparently traced two men from a city bank to a cafe where they assaulted and robbed them of an estimated GYD$1 million, sources said. The incident occurred at Coffee Bean Cafe, Church Street, Georgetown. The two customers-a Guyanese and a Malaysian-were gun butted before the driver ...

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Alleged teen wife killer arraigned

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 12:42 by Denis Chabrol The man, who allegedly knifed his teenage common-law wife to death and fled to neighbouring Surinameay, was Tuesday arraigned for her murder. Thirty-year old Ryan Singh was not required to plea to the indictable charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Alex Moore at the Sister’s Village ...

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Brazilian aircraft found in Guyana possibly owned by Brazil’s third largest bank

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 10:31 by Denis Chabrol The Brazilian-registered Beechcraft Kingair plane found in southern Guyana is bearing the registration number of a plane belonging to Brazil’s third largest bank, Banco Bradesco, sources said. Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Col. Egbert Field said he has received such information and would be factoring ...

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Guyana mulls expanding airspace coverage following another illegal aircraft, airstrip discovery

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 7:49 by Denis Chabrol Guyana plans to expand its airspace coverage in the wake of the latest discovery of an illegal airstrip and an illegally-landed plane bearing a Brazilian registration number. “The Government is extremely concerned.  We are concerned that that these aircraft are utilising our large gaps in the security coverage in ...

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Lethem road repaired; hinterland road maintenance programme planned

Last Updated on Monday, 14 August 2017, 16:15 by Denis Chabrol Vehicular traffic to and from Lethem resumed on Friday following the completion of emergency works on the Hunt Oil stretch of road that was washed away for several weeks, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure said Monday. Prior to the repairs, all filling stations in the southern Guyanese town had ...

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