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Monthly Archives: January 2023

GDF to get India-made planes but veteran aviator warns Guyana’s ICAO safety rating faces downgrade

Last Updated on Sunday, 15 January 2023, 22:18 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is to purchase two India-made Dornier 228 aircraft for the Guyana Defence Force, prompting a warning that this South American nation risked losing its safety rating by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the global regulatory agency. The cost of the new planes was not immediately available. The ...

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Jagdeo denies defaming Vincent Alexander over IDPADA-G’s use of State funds for “ordinary Afro-Guyanese”

Last Updated on Sunday, 15 January 2023, 21:41 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has told the High Court that he did not defame the Chairman of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G), Vincent Alexander while dealing with the financial management of that government-funded entity. Through his lawyers C.V. Satram and Ron Motilall, Mr ...

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Norton explains lack of militancy; talks up achievements as PNCR Leader

Last Updated on Saturday, 14 January 2023, 9:51 by Denis Chabrol Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton said his party did not respond militantly to the recent  demolition of houses at Mocha, East Bank Demerara because of that idea was not floated, the layout of that village and fear that persons could have been injured by ...

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Investigations into Christ Church Secondary’s fire continue

Last Updated on Saturday, 14 January 2023, 7:33 by Denis Chabrol Fire fighters and police were Saturday continuing to probe the destruction by fire of Christ Church Secondary School, Fire Chief Gregory Wickham said. He said it was too early to determine whether the fire at the decades-old wooden and concrete structure at Camp and Middle Streets was the work ...

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Benn, Manickchand urge Guyanese to guard against fires at schools

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 January 2023, 22:19 by Denis Chabrol Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn and Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Thursday evening stopped short of casting blame on anyone for the fire that destroyed the Christ Church Secondary School in Georgetown, opting instead to urge Guyanese to be vigilant against those who might be targeting schools. “Primarily, ...

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Christ Church School fire update: Students to be relocated next week; talks start with CXC about SBAs

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 January 2023, 21:38 by Denis Chabrol The more than 500 students, who attended the now destroyed Christ Church Secondary School on Camp and Middle Streets, Georgetown are to be relocated from next week Monday, and already the Ministry of Education is consulting the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) about options for students whose records have been ...

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Opposition to sue govt over demolition of Mocha homes; IDPADA-G plans for negotiations

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 January 2023, 16:40 by Denis Chabrol The People’s National Congress Reform-led opposition coalition on Thursday announced that legal action would be taken against the government for crushing the homes of several persons as part of the construction of a new East Bank Demerara road from Eccles to Great Diamond. Asked what the opposition expected legal ...

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