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The United States Coast Guard has wrapped up an initial site survey of the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard with the aim of providing a variety of support under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), the embassy here said in a statement on Friday. “This week’s initial site survey brought the team to Georgetown to meet the leadership of the ...

If a plane crashes at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) how effective will be the rescue response? On November 6, 2013, the CJIA said in a statement that a full scale preparedness exercise will be unleashed to testthe airport’s emergency responses while providing hands-on experience for airport and airline staff, hospitals, fire service, security and other emergency personnel. During the simulated ...

The outstanding land and river border dispute between Guyana and Suriname featured somewhat prominently in the early hours of a visit by the Speaker of that Dutch-speaking neighbour’s National Assembly, Dr. Jennifer Geerlings-Simons. Geerlings-Simons, who is a key figure in President Desi Bouterse’s National Democratic Party (NDP), stressed the importance of the two countries strengthening their friendship for the benefit ...

Ten rounds oif assault rifle ammunition have been found at the Guyana Defebec Force’s (GDF) but the army is yet to confirm whether they were those that went missing. Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips said the rounds would have to be compared with existing batches to confirm whether they were those the 7.62 x 39mm rounds that went missing ...

Guyana has copped five of the eight regional awards being offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Minister of Education Priya Manickchand announced on Thursday. They are Yogeeta Persaud – Anna Regina Secondary School, Overall Outstanding Achievement; Rafena Mustapha – Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Most Outstanding in Humanities; Cecil Cox – Queen’s College, Most Outstanding in Sciences; Sasha S Woodroffe – ...

A 21-member team of medical specialists from the United States-based George Washington University Hospital is in Guyana for an outreach that will include complex surgeries and training, according to the Ministry of Health. The team will conduct continuing screening as the number of patients to be treated is expected to expand. The ministry said the team brought its own medical ...

A student of the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) was electrocuted Wednesday night while plugging in a washing machine, his father said. The 17-year old boy has been identified as Azam Inshan of Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice. He was a second year student pursuing studies in Internal Combustion Engineering. His father, Mohammed Inshan, said he learnt that his son ...

(CITIZENS VOICE).-An illegal immigrant from Guyana will spend more than eight years in federal prison for dealing drugs in Wilkes-Barre, a city in Pennsylvania, United States in 2011. U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Augustine DeCruz, 59, to eight years and eight months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorneys Office said Thursday. DeCruz, a native and citizen of Guyana, ...

An accountant of Metro Office Supplies was Thursday arraigned and placed on GUY$250,000 bail on a charge of stealing more than GUY$10 million from his employer. 56-year old Rabindranaugh Seenarine was not required to plea to the charge of stealing GUY$10,758,094. He appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. Attorney-at-Law, Yogenand Persaud said his client has been an accountant for 25 ...

Bandits struck the Regent Street branch of Golyn and Sons household store, snatching an undisclosed sum of cash from the cashier. She was taken to a hospital for injuries sustained when the bandits pushed her down. The incident occurred about 10 AM at the branch located on Regent Street between Albert and Oronoque Streets. The three men, armed with guns, ...