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Canadian pilot, Blake Slater and the Guyanese Cargo Loader were Monday morning found dead among the wreckage of the single-engine aircraft that went down Saturday morning in dense jungle. Spokesman for Trans Guyana Airways, Kit Nascimento said the pilot’s body was located. A family member of Cargo Loader Dwayne Jacobs Newton said Transport Minister, Robeson Benn informed her that he ...

Guyanese Special Forces soldiers were up to late Sunday night about 100 meters away from the site where a single-engine Cessna Caravan airplane crashed a day earlier, Transport Minister Robeson Benn said. He said light failed and the weather was poor, preventing the soldiers from pressing on in the very thick jungle and swampy terrain. Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ...

A policeman was Sunday afternoon chopped about his body allegedly by a neighbour in an ongoing disagreement. Injured is Constable, Audwin Amsterdam of De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara. He was chopped to his back and knees by a man named Randy Sealey who has been since arrested. Amsterdam is attached to the Brickdam Police Station where he is a member ...

An aviation official says Special Forces soldiers are moving into the area where the wreckage of the plane that went down Saturday morning was seen and they hope to know the status of the two persons who were aboard in the coming hours. “They’re now on the ground and they’re moving towards the site,” said GCAA Director General Zulficar Mohamed ...

Wreckage of the downed Cessna Caravan was spotted at approximately 12:45 PM Sunday, Transport Minister Robeson Benn said. The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority said the wreckage was sighted at 4.32km south south west of Olive Creek. Members of the GDF Special Forces were on their way to location. The minister explained that the soldiers, including a Medex, were going to ...

Fire fighters late Saturday night contained a blaze at the Fullworths Auto Spares Building which had housed a Chinese clothing store. Thirty-eight year old Rusdale Farley, who is the caretaker of a wooden house behind the store, was rescued by firemen who broke down the door to remove her from the building that was under severe threat. That house ended ...

A policeman was robbed and then shot after the bandits realised he was a law enforcement officer on seeing his badge in his wallet. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said the incident occurred about 5:35 Saturday morning on Bent Street, Georgetown. Police Constable 14716 Kirk Profitt was walking when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was ...

The body of a man who had gone missing since Old Year’s Day was Saturday excavated from a canal at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast. The man has been indentified as Jaglall from Bush Lot Village. He was identified by family members.  The man, who was known to be heavy consumer of alcohol, was missing since Old Year’s Day. Residents said an ...

A son of the owner of Nigel’s Supermarket was early Saturday morning shot and seriously injured.  Police confirmed that the incident occurred during the pre-dawn hours outside Palm Court, Main Street, Georgetown. The injured man has been identified as 17- year old Joseph Johnson. He was shot his face.  Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said Johnson was mistakenly shot by ...

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers Saturday afternoon joined  a massive search and rescue operation for a A Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) aircraft that Saturday morning went down as it was shuttling from Olive Creek to Imbaimadi, the Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force Brigadier Mark Phillips said. Phillips confirmed that a group of Special Forces soldiers has been ...