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Former Police Commissioner, Winston Felix  and Private Sector Commission (PSC) executive member, Gerry Gouveia on Wednesday welcomed moves to establish a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team but cautioned that it should be governed by clear rules. Felix was reacting to government’s announcement that Cabinet has approved the establishment of the team and has enlisted the services of a United ...

In the face of escalating violent gun crimes, government on Wednesday announced that it has given green light for the establishment of a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team. “With a SWAT Unit, the Guyana Police Force would be better placed to make specialized interventions, thereby, ensuring law and order is maintained, and prospective threats are neutralized,” said the Home ...

President Donald Ramotar attended a University of Guyana (UG) 50th anniversary caucus Tuesday afternoon calling for an end to the politics that is trying to ruin the image of what is supposed to be the country’s premier tertiary institution. Tuesday marks the beginning of weeks of planned activities to commemorate the Turkeyen Campus’s Golden Jubilee even as it continues to ...

Ogle Airport Inc. (OAI) and Air Services Limited (ASL) are locked in a bitter dispute over the requirements for the start-up of the carrier’s US$1 million fuel farm that has been lying idle for almost one year now. ASL has accused OAI of deliberately creating conditions to ensure that its fuel would not be cheaper and would be forced to ...

The former director of a Boca Raton payroll company faces a maximum 40 years in prison after admitting Tuesday that he skimmed more than $20 million that was supposed to be turned over to taxing authorities on behalf of roughly 12 hospitals in eight states. Sonny Ramdeo, 36, formerly of Sunrise, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money-laundering in connection ...

Two employees of Air Services Limited (ASL) have been arrested in connection with the discovery of a quantity of marijuana that was destined for an interior location, according to well-placed sources. A well-placed source at the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been asked to advise on a recommendation that the duo be ...

The United States Department of Transportation (Dot) has denied requests Caribbean Airlines and Fly Jamaica to fly direct from Georgetown to New York, saying the carriers did not provide compelling evidence that doing so will be in the public’s interest. “In light of these existing Georgetown-New York services and the lack of a showing by the applicants on the record ...

Eight operators of radio and television stations, including the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN), have until month-end to “put their houses in order” or they would be deemed illegal broadcasters, Chairman of the Board of the Guyana Broadcasting Authority (GBA), Bibi Shadick said Tuesday. STVS Channel 4, The Learning Channel, National Television Network (NTN), Rambarran, WRHM, NCN, Tarzie in Bartica ...

Rubis has suspended fuel to Ogle International Airport after the sole supplier, Caribbean Aviation Management Systems (CAMS), began purchasing aviation fuel from GuyOil, a source said. Rubis’ Aviation Sales Manager, K. Hutson Inniss declined to explain his company’s decision that was communicated to Air Services Limited (ASL) on Monday. “We have discovered that our Into Plane provider CAMS received jet ...

Guyana is among several Caribbean countries whose food safety and animal and plant health measures will be improved to help them take advantage of the European Union (EU) market, an official here said Monday. Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said an agreement for the 11 million Euro project would be signed between the Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture ...