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While a United States-headquartered airline company is looking to expand its reaches and invest in the local agricultural sector, it may have some tussles to overcome before it can do such. Dynamic Airways on Tuesday announced that it would be looking to fill a ten-tonne space on its daily flights with local produce and “flood” the New York Market. Local ...

At 0820h. today Tuesday October 20, 2015, Marc Angoy of Buzz Bee Dam, Craig, EBD, turned himself in to the police at Grove Police Station. He was wanted by the police in relation to the murder of thirteen-month-old Arianne Gill who was shot and killed on October 18, 2015, in her home at Eastville Housing Scheme, ECD.

A long-standing member of Guyana’s private sector corps has given his no objection to the recent move by the APNU+AFC administration to increase the salaries of Government Ministers by 50%. The move, which has attracted criticism and condemnation from others, Former Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman Gerry Gouveia says that the timing may have been bad but that does not ...

(TIMES UNION).- A citizen of Guyana admitted trafficking more than $400,000 worth of fake credit cards in grocery stores across New York and New England after an investigation by the Secret Service. Georgette Jackman, 37, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Oct. 16 in Albany to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and trafficking in counterfeit access devices. Jackman, ...

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo Monday night vowed to reverse the hefty salary increases to ministers if his People’s Progressive Party (PPP) wins the next general elections. ‎”When we win the elections we may very well do that…If we are opposed to it now, we will reverse it,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. Maintaing that the 50 percent increase in ...

The National Industrial Commercial and Investments Limited (NICIL) on Monday denied that anyone has been creamed off funds from that holding company for government’s assets and rejected claims by a Forensic Auditor that its monies should have at all times been deposited into the Consolidated Fund. “The facts contained in the Report will ultimately show that there has been and ...

Guyana will next month formally activate a total aeronautical surveillance system to improve the management of flying aircraft, but this will be unable to detect illegal planes in the country’s airspace. The announcement was made Monday at tge opening of the Aviation Conference 2015. Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Chitranie Heeralall told the opening of the ...

Police were up to Sunday night hunting down a 45-year old man who opened fire at the home of his ex reputed wife, killing her one-month old granddaughter and injuring her teenage daughter. Dead is 13-month old Ariane Gill. Injured is 12 year old Ashley Whittington. She was shot twice in the left thigh, police said. Commander of the East ...

Veteran Guyanese politician, Ralph Ramkarran on Sunday recommended a rescue plan that the coalition government could use to pull itself out of the mountain of condemnation over its decision to increase ministers’ salaries, while offering mixed reasons. Writing in his weekly “Conversation Tree” column, Ramkarran said the mess that the administration of President David Granger has found itself should be ...

Even as the Guyana government has decided that the Hindu Festival of Lights- Diwali- would be celebrated on November 10,  two Hindu groups are continuing to bicker over when is the correct date. Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan confirmed Saturday night that he has already gazetted the date for November 10, 2015. That is in line with the views of ...