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Opposition lawmaker, Joseph Harmon has taken up a challenge by the Commissioner of Forests, James Singh to debate the state of the forestry sector especially in light of ongoing criticisms about the role of the Chinese company, Bai Shan Lin (BSL), in the export of large amounts of logs. Harmon has, however, challenged the Commissioner of Forests to provide documents ...

The Management of the Guyana Amazon Warriors Team has decided to contest the outcome of the second Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final played between the Amazon Warriors and the Barbados Tridents on August 16 at Warner Park, St Kitts and Nevis, according to a release issued through Guyana Times. This decision was taken following a review of the sequence of ...

The Chairman of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Hugh Denbow Sunday night said a number of operators have been fooling passengers that they are scheduled carriers operating to and from this South American country. “These operators present the greatest challenges to the regulatory agency because of their lack of knowledge and understanding of the rules governing charter,” he said. ...

Several persons were Sunday morning injured in a collision between a bus and a car at Port Kaituma, residents confirmed. Demerara Waves Online News was told that the accident occurred at Quarry Top, located about three miles from Central Port Kaituma. The car driver, Dave (only name) sustained broken limbs and another man, who was unidentified, sustained a huge gash ...

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-An attempt by Caribbean Airlines Limited to prevent three more persons from suing for personal injuries arising from the crash landing of Caribbean Airlines Flight BW 523 in Guyana three years ago, was denied by a US district court judge Wednesday (August 13) in Brooklyn, New York.  In a multi-district litigation, numerous plaintiffs brought suit against defendant Caribbean Airlines ...

Leaders of  Guyana’s two major political parties have so far briefed participants in a  Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Senior Command and Staff Course about the political, security, economic and educational state of the country. PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee, in his interaction with the officers on Thursday, August 14, sought to debunk Opposition Leader, David Granger’s claim of “education apartheid”. ...

Social change organisation, Blue CAPS, has launched its second Youth Leadership Development Programme at the Heavenly Light World Outreach Fellowship in Albouystown. The programme, which will be conducted over three weekends, is based on the Blue CAPS’ Building Communities Through Leadership Training and Service (BCLTS) curriculum. The event was launched on Friday, August 15. The training is intended to enhance ...

Panama has agreed to buy rice from Guyana during the next five years, with a total of 20,000 tons expected to be sold to that Central American country by year-end, Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said Saturday. He explained that after Guyana would have exported 5,000 tons of white rice per month from mid-September to December, 2014 the two countries ...

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Saturday announced that it has launched an investigation into an alleged assault of an Officer Cadet by his training instructors at the Colonel John Clarke Military School in Tacama. The incident allegedly occurred between Wed 13th August and Thu 14th August during a training exercise in Tacama. TheGDF said the Officer Cadet was first brought ...

The management of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is refuting claims on Facebook that a Nigerian man was refused entry to Guyana on Saturday because he was suspected of showing signs of the deadly Ebola virus. A  senior CJIA official said immigration prevented the wheel-chair bound passenger from entering Guyana because he could not provide a Guyanese address to ...