Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 July 2018, 11:47 by Denis Chabrol An investigation has been launched into the landing of a private chartered aircraft at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport about 15:20hrs Monday afternoon, the Guyana Police Force said Tuesday. In keeping with enhanced security postures and intensified collaboration with management of the various Units /Agencies operating at the CJIA, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 July 2018, 11:21 by Denis Chabrol The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BCCI) wants commuters to pay more to cross the river, but the company says government’s ontinued rejection of refusal to increased tolls is affecting maintenance and other operations. If the company gets its way,  cars and minibuses will have to pay  GY$8,040 to cross the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 9 July 2018, 18:47 by Denis Chabrol City Hall along with the Engineer’s and Mayor’s buildings are to be restored to their former 19th-century glory to the tune of $903Million. This was highlighted in a $64 million Comprehensive Restoration and Sustainable Conservation Management Plan for City Hall which was handed over to Minister of Social Cohesion ...

Last Updated on Monday, 9 July 2018, 18:36 by Denis Chabrol A Ghana-based investment company is interested in building an onshore port facility to serve Guyana’s oil industry Government’s Department of Public Information reported that the team made known its position in a meeting with Minister of State, Joseph Harmon. The delegation from J.K.B. Oil Ventures Limited included J. Kofi ...

Last Updated on Monday, 9 July 2018, 18:06 by Denis Chabrol A man, who attempted to abandon a 14 year old girl he allegedly impregnated, was Monday arrested and flown to Georgetown along with the girl and her parents. The visibly pregnant teenager was taken into the care of Guyana’s Ministry of Social Protection’s Child Care and Protection Agency. Roraima ...

Last Updated on Monday, 9 July 2018, 13:11 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force was Monday continuing to probe an alleged brawl between Junior Minister of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes and two security guards that led to one of the security guards allegedly  cocking his gun and pointing it at her, police sources said. Investigators are expected to review ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 7 July 2018, 18:15 by Denis Chabrol A New York-bound 19-year old woman, who excreted 44 pellets after she was intercepted at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport, was among four persons arrested Friday, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). The law enforcement unit said the woman was an outgoing passenger on Flight BW 526 destined for JFK International ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 7 July 2018, 15:13 by Denis Chabrol The construction of a 20 kilowatt hydro-power station at Hosororo, North West District (NWD) is scheduled to begin next month and, when completed,  will produce electricity at 21 United States cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), 29 cents less than diesel-generated power, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) said Saturday. Construction ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 7 July 2018, 6:50 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil’s Guyana Country Manager, Rod Henson on Friday declared that his company was not funding local political parties, and he was asked to withdraw description of a line of questioning by an opposition representative as “hogwash”. Appearing before a bi-partisan parliamentary committee on Natural Resources, Henson was asked by ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 7 July 2018, 6:58 by Denis Chabrol A man from Warrensburg, New York is accused of setting fire to his vehicle, then reporting it stolen to police and his insurance company, media reports say. Terrance Blenman,39, left the country last December after filing those reports. He was arrested this week at JFK Airport in New York ...