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Author Archives: Denis Chabrol

No State-owned airline on the cards- Finance Minister

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh on Saturday virtually ruled out the Guyana government establishing a State-owned airline once again. “It is not currently on the agenda to establish a state-owned airline,” he told a trade and investment forum at the the Inaugural Diaspora Conference. He noted that a government investing a State-owned airline is too risky, citing the example of ...

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Police Service Commission Chairman denies fraud, sexual assault allegations

Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Retired Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Slowe on Friday denied that he conspired with others to defraud the Guyana Police Force of GYD$10 million and that he sexually assaulted a female police officer. Through his Attorney-at-Law, Selwyn Pieters, Mr. Slowe also indicated that he would filing a lawsuit against the Police Force for sullying the ...

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Schools poised to reopen from September- Education Minister

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Friday announced that all schools would be reopened for face-to-face classes from September because vaccines are now available to prevent people from getting very sick or dying from the coronavirus, COVID-19. “If persons are responsible and getting vaccinated and utilising the only scientific and medically proven way of bending the curve of the CIOVID-19 ...

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Draft revised election law to be circulated for comment

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the major opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) would be given two opportunities to examine a draft revision of a key election law. He announced that the draft amended Representation of the People Act would by the end of June, 2021 would be circulated to the International community, APNU+AFC, civil society and ...

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BREAKING:Settlements reached with Cevon’s, Car Care, Courtney Benn

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that government has reached settlements with three City businessmen concerning land sales under the previous APNU+AFC government. He said agreements have been struck with Car Care, Cevon’s Waste Management and Courtney Benn Construction. “We don’t want to penalise unsuspecting businessmen,” he told a news conference. He indicated that government would drop those cases ...

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453 kilos of cocaine found aboard illegal plane at Orealla

Police say 453 kilogrammes have been found aboard a plane that crash-landed on an earthen trail at Orealla, Upper Corentyne River, police said. “Two male foreign nationals, suspected to be Brazilians, who were in the vicinity were arrested by the Divisional ranks and an initial search of the aircraft revealed a quantity of suspected cocaine,” the Guyana Police Force said. ...

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BREAKING: Foreign aircraft lands at Orealla with suspected cocaine

A foreign aircraft, believed to be laden with cocaine, Thursday afternoon made an emergency landing on a road at Orealla, Upper Corentyne River, sources said. Additional police and agents of the Cusroms Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) were said to be heading to the area, sources said. Sources said the pilot and another man are Brazilian nationals. The men have reportedly told ...

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Assistant Police Commissioner, Police Service Commissioners, several other retired police officers on fraud charges

Eight retired senior police officers and a serving Assistant Police Commissioner have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the State of GYD$10 million and they were each granted GYD$100,000 bail. Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Retired Assistant Commissioner Paul Slowe was not present in court as he is overseas,  but he is named in the joint charge with the ...

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Former Police Commissioner asked to give statement concerning GYD$10 million review of Standing Orders

Former Police Commissioner Leslie James has been asked to give investigators an account of how two members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and several other retired senior police officers had been hired for more than GYD$10 million to review the Guyana Police Force’s internal rules, police said. Police Force spokesman, Mark Ramotar told reporters that the Head of the ...

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