Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2020, 18:46 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force Monday evening said the youthful Henry cousins were killed elsewhere and their bodies taken to where a search Party found them. “Preliminary findings showed that the bodies of the Henry boys were discovered at a secondary crime scene, meaning that the heinous murders were not ...
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Dead man, suspected cocaine found aboard second aircraft
Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2020, 17:52 by Denis Chabrol A second aircraft was Monday afternoon found in the Issano area with a dead man and a quantity of suspected cocaine, police said. The identity of the pilot was not immediately known, but Region Seven Police Commander Superintendent Dion Moore said the crashed plane is a Beechcraft. The registration ...
Read More »APNU+AFC warns of “hot mess” from Pompeo’s visit
Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2020, 11:03 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Monday said he would be tabling a question in the National Assembly about the impending visit of United States (US) Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian Raphael Trotman warned against the “pomp” of a certain ...
Read More »Brazilians, Venezuelan arrested after Brazilian plane lands on Issano airstrip
Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2020, 8:37 by Denis Chabrol Police say two Brazilians and a Venezuelan were late Sunday arrested after they landed aboard a plane on the Issano Airstrip in Middle Mazaruni. Nothing illegal was found aboard the Cessna 206 bearing registration marking, PR-FMJ. Those arrested after the red and white plane landed at about 10:20 PM ...
Read More »Guyanese dies in road accident in Antigua
Last Updated on Monday, 14 September 2020, 7:05 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese man died in a road accident in Antigua when the speeding vehicle he lost control of the speeding vehicle and flipped several times on a newly-constructed road, authorities said. He has been identified as Vijai Persaud, an employee of Meridian Construction company. Antigua Newsroom reports that at ...
Read More »Police force virtually silent on investigation into West Berbice killings
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 September 2020, 21:32 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force on Sunday remained virtually tight-lipped for a fourth straight day on the status of investigations into the several killings on the West Coast Berbice over the past week. Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn also could not provide any useful information, instead merely saying that the ...
Read More »US Secretary of State’s advance party arrives in Guyana
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 September 2020, 21:01 by Denis Chabrol A United States (US) military transport aircraft arrived Sunday in preparation for Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo’s visit to Guyana later this week, according to well-placed sources. The C-17 US Air Force military transport plane landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) at about 5:30 PM bringing with ...
Read More »Race relations must be put on national agenda- Nigel Hughes, IDPADA-G, GTUC
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 September 2020, 14:43 by Denis Chabrol Hours before the mutilated bodies of the two slain teenagers were began the long journey from Georgetown to West Coast Berbice for burial, fresh calls were issued for Guyana’s race relations problem to put on the national agenda of political leaders and other stakeholders. Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes, Chairman of ...
Read More »Harmon, Lawrence at one on justice for Henry cousins but seemingly differ on approach
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 September 2020, 12:26 by Denis Chabrol Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence and Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Sunday issued separate calls for justice for the teenage Henry cousins whose chopped bodies were found aback West Coast Berbice one week ago. But the two PNCR Executive members appeared to differ on ...
Read More »US Secretary of State likely to visit Guyana next week
Last Updated on Saturday, 12 September 2020, 11:19 by Denis Chabrol United States (US) Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo is expected to visit Guyana next week, Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Ambassador Audrey Jardine-Waddell confirmed Saturday. The details of the visit are not yet available. The visit is tentatively scheduled for September 17 to 18, 2020. Mr. Pompeo had ...
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