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Aviation experts say that the pilot’s judgment would be a key factor in determining what was  responsible for last Monday’s air crash of a domestic plane at Matthew’s Ridge, North West District. A number of esxperts believed that the aircraft stalled while flying too low and hit trees in the area. Air Services Limited (ASL) has confirmed that the Cessna ...

Air Services Limited (ASL) on Wednesday praised the emergency medical,security and investigative response to Monday’s crash by of one its aircraft in thick vegetation near the Matthew’s Ridge. “ASL cannot overstate the quality of the responses from all of the agencies who answered the call for immediate assistance.  From the initial response on the ground by the Police at Matthew’s ...

In the wake of a spike in banditry during the past week, the Guyana Police Force on Wednesday announced a raft of steps including reorganising patrols and accessing images from citywide surveillance cameras. Chief of Criminal Investigations, Deputy Commissioner Seelall Persaud said plans were being made to access live feeds of images being captured by cameras that are currently being ...

Fullworks Motor Spares’ East Coast Demerara branch was robbed by two bandits at gunpoint, an official of the enterprise said. A manager said two men parked a car some distance away from the Good Hope branch and entered the premises around 2:30 PM. They ordered all the staff members and customers to lay face down. The men carted off an ...

A senior officer and other members of the police force have been removed from a section of the Police Commissioner’s office that handles firearm license applications after they allegedly took monies to fast-track processing. Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell on Wednesday confirmed that Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has spoken with him about police allegedly benefitting from inducements to fast-track the ...

Police Commissioner Leroy Brummel on Wednesday told traffic cops that they must engage in “harassment” of offending road users to control the “terrible” situation that has claimed more lives. “When you enforce, you hear harassment. If that is the way for us to bring it well, we must do that but we are not calling it harassment. We are calling ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday decided that Gocool Boodoo’s contract as Chief Elections Officer cannot be renewed and the post must be advertised, according to Commission Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally. “We will be going to advertise the position and he will be free to re-apply as anyone else,” Surujbally told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com). He said the ...

Borrowers with bad credit scores will soon find it harder to borrow more or obtain additional credit when the local credit bureau begins operations after receiving its license next week. Governor of the Bank of Guyana Lawrence Williams is expected to sign the license for CreditInfo (Guyana) Inc. to operate a credit bureau here, according to sources. The license is ...

In the wake of a spate of robberies on business places and business persons, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday called on the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to reveal its plan to address the growing scourge. The city business organisation wants the police force to present its strategy at a seminar scheduled for August 13 to ...

The initial volume of speeches of the late former President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham was handed over by its editor, Professor David Dabydeen to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman at Parliament building on Monday. The handover was welcomed by the Speaker, who noted that after two previously scheduled attempts, it was timely. He said the volume would serve ...