The Director of Domestic Airways, the airline which owned the aircraft which crash-landed and killed pilot Randy Liverpool on February 21, 2019, at Eterinbang, has been charged for breaching multiple safety regulations. Four charges were brought against the Director – Orlando Charles – following an investigation by the Ministry of Social Protection’s Occupational Safety and…

Police on the East Coast of Demerara are probing the stabbing death of a 44-year-old woman at the hands of her husband. The dead woman has been identified as Vinette Headley-James. She was stabbed repeatedly to the body by her husband, Sherlock James during an argument at their Nabaclis home. According to reports, the two…

An American Airlines flight which was destined for Miami late Tuesday night, remains on the ground at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) after the plane’s tires were damaged while preparing for take-off. Reports are that shortly after midnight on Tuesday, the aircraft, a Boeing 738, was taxiing for take-off along Runway 06 when the

The Ministry of Public Health Wednesday received 100 hospital beds from Food for the Poor (Guyana) and two ambulances from the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence said the timely donation will ensure that patients have proper and comfortable care. The beds will be distributed to health facilities across the country. “These…

Passengers of an American Airlines plane that was taxiing the runway at Guyana’s Cheddi Japan Airport early this morning was forced to return to the terminal after the plane struck what is believed to be a circuit box for runway lights and suffered a blow out of three of its tires.   One passenger who…

Dear Editor, MR. Fredrick Kissoon’s July 31, 2019 column captioned, “Forms of degeneracy after 2015 that killed Guyana’s future” demonstrated his obsession with the WPA, and his aversion to giving an iota of credit to President David Granger and the APNU+AFC coalition. In this election season, Kissoon’s anti-coalition utterances should not be ignored or go

First year Guyanese students at the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) have welcomed the Government’s announcement of full scholarships to law students for the year 2019/2020. The students believe the financial issues faced by local law students have been persisting for too long. Olivia Bess, Vice President for the Guyanese Jurisdiction Committee –a group representing…

A team of business representatives from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be heading to the United Kingdom as part of a business exchange that will focus on the oil and gas sector. Fifteen companies have confirmed their participation. The exchange is the second one to Aberdeen in Scotland, however, during the upcoming…

A 24-year-old motorcyclist died on Sunday night after he lost control of his motorcycle while riding on the Number 40 Village Public Road, West Coast Berbice. The dead man was identified as Latchman Hansraj, also known as ‘Kevin,’of Lot 116 Block D, Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice. Initial reports are that Hansraj was riding his

By Avenash Ramzan A massive crowd at Rising Sun Turf Club went into a frenzy as the sun went down on Sunday, as Lucky Star defied the odds to win the main event of the 13th annual Guyana Cup horse race meet. With 18-year-old Jockey Ronaldo Appadu on the saddle, Lucky Star pulled off a…