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The Guyana government is yet to decide on whether it would purchase all of the four helicopters that the United States (US) has approved to be sold to this oil-rich South American nation, Aviation Minister Juan Edghill said Wednesday. An American embassy spokeswoman has said the then A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) had expressed an interest in ...

Heavy rainfall overnight rainfall on Wednesday caused severe flooding in Region four Demerara Mahaica including  Guyana’s capital, Georgetown. The Hydrometeorological Department of the Ministry of Agriculture says in its extreme rainfall report and weather advisory that between 8 AM Tuesday and 8 AM Wednesday,  the highest rainfall reported was 120.3 millimeters  (4.7 inches) at the Georgetown Botanical Gardens. Local weather ...

Aviation Minister Juan Edghill on Wednesday announced  that the United Kingdom-headquarterd airline, Virgin Atlantic, is among several carriers that have applied to fly to Guyana. Mr. Edghill hoped that the new Board of Directors of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) would eventually greenlight that application fir Virgin Atlantic to begin scheduled flights to Guyana. He said InterCaribbean, West Jet ...

A man and his reputed wife were Tuesday night burnt to death in their house at Eccles, East Bank Demerara; an incident that police said they are treating as a murder suicide. The Guyana Police Force said investigators were probing an “alleged murder-suicide committed on 35-year old Cindy Moses,  a stationery store owner, and 34-year old Leeroy King, a barber,  ...

Even as Opposition Leader  Joseph Harmon’s 24-hour ultimatum for the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs was  about to expire  on Tuesday for him to show government minister Oneidge Walrond’s loss of American nationality certificate, the United States (US) said persons lose their citizenship immediately on taking an oath before a Consular Officer. US Embassy spokeswoman,  Violeta Talandis told ...

Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes on Tuesday said the trousers in which the body of one of Joel Henry cousins was found did not undergo DNA testing for possible traces of biological material for matching with suspects, and he and the family are pressing for an Argentine team of experts to come to Guyana to conduct high-tech tests. The Attorney-at-Law said the ...

Robert Benn, a contractor, who was charged with fatally shooting a man and who was attempting to turn his vehicle around using his bridge was brought before High Court Judge Navindra Singh on Tuesday, November 03, 2020. Benn was indicted on two charges by State Prosecutors Tuanna Hardy and Tyra Bakker. He was charged with the August 23, 2016 murder ...

A farmer of Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, who allegedly stole a handgun and ammunition belonging to the Guyana Police Force, has been granted bail. He is 26-year old Symeon “Burn Hand” Lynch of Hazel Street, Springlands. Police  say that on October 28 at Number 76 Village, Springlands, Corriverton, Berbice, he robbed Shibike Calder and Anette Mckenzie of: one  Samsung A20 cellphone ...

The Guyana Police Force on Tuesday issued a GYD$3 million reward for any information leading to the arrest of  the killers of Isaiah and Joel Henry, and Haresh Singh in early October. “As such, the GPF hereby announces that a reward in the sum of G$3,000,000.00  is being offered to any person or persons who can provide information leading to ...

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of two Bell 412EPi and two Bell 429 helicopters to Guyana for an estimated US$256 million, the Defence Post reported on Saturday. While the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is expected to be involved in processing some paperwork at a later stage, that agency’s Director-General, Retired Lt. Col. Egbert Field said ...