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A small airplane that was heading to the interior Friday morning swiftly returned to the Ogle International  Airport after the pilot saw smoke in the cockpit, according to usually reliable sources. The Cessna U206G, bearing registration number 8R-GHB, departed Ogle at 11:42 AM for Eteringbang. However, by 11:45 AM the plane returned to the airport with fire fighters on standby. ...

Well-known musician and sculptor, Ras Campton “Camo” Williams, his wife and daughter were Friday morning rendered homeless when fire gutted their two-flat apartment at Shopping Plaza, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Williams said he and his family lost most of their possessions in the fire that began shortly before 11 AM. Williams has been living at the property, owned by Continental Group ...

In the wake of legal and political maneuvers for Former President Bharrat Jagdeo to play a leading role on the People’s Progressive Party’s slate for the May 11 general and regional elections, that incumbent organization Thursday night announced its full endorsement of Donald Ramotar as presidential candidate. “The meeting unanimously endorsed the President Donald Ramotar as the Party’s Presidential Candidate,” ...

REPRODUCED FROM SCIENCE 2.0 (http://www.science20.com)  The gender stereotype is that women want commitment and men want sex – but a study of the Makushi people in Guyana upends that, finding that men more likely to seek long-term relationships. Why? Because women are in short supply so a lack of commitment is a romantic negative. Some villages in Guyana are the opposite ...

The Ministry of Labour says the unions representing University of Guyana (UG) workers cannot treat a three-year old promise to resolve a pay dispute as still valid, and staff have  been told to first call off the strike and return to the bargaining table. “I wish to emphasize that those Terms of Resumption are not unending or indefinite. I do ...

The main opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU has raised a number of concerns related to electioneering with a United Nations Electoral Mission. “The APNU team outlined several matters of concern, including the lack of access to state media, the need for more voter education; the timely declaration of election results, the inadequacy in the allocation of resources to ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday dismissed suggestions that it could lose the 11 percent it garnered at the 2011 general and regional elections if it coalesces with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for fresh polls due in another three months. Chances of the AFC losing votes comes against the background of negotiations with APNU that multiple sources ...

At about 2240h. last night Wednesday February 11, 2015, ranks of a mobile police patrol conducted a search on a motor vehicle at Sussex Street, Georgetown, during which an M15 rifle along with thirty (30) .223 rounds were found. Seven men have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Thursday signaled that it could not guarantee next-day declaration of official results for the upcoming May 11 general and regional elections, but would strive to do so in the shortest possible time with the priority being on accuracy. “GECOM would like to lucidly state that the delivery of accurate elections results remains one of ...

University of Guyana (UG) workers on Wednesday decided to embark on an “indefinite” strike after neither the government nor the institution’s administration intervened on day three of a full-blown strike for a 60 to 75 percent increase in wages and salaries. President of the Senior Staff Association (UGSSA), Dr. Mellissa Ifill said the Chief Labour Officer, Charles Ogle has so ...