Relatives of the passenger who collapsed and later died onboard a Caribbean Airlines, New York-bound flight, BW 526, necessitating an emergency stop at the San Juan Airport in Puerto Rico, will identify his body before it is returned to Guyana for burial.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – United Airlines said on Thursday it would offer passengers who volunteer to forfeit their seats on overbooked flights up to $10,000 as part of the carrier’s efforts to repair the damage from the rough removal of a passenger.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Disgraced former football supremo, Jack Warner, has launched a US$40 million countersuit against continental governing body, CONCACAF, and FIFA Council member Sunil Gulati, for “persistent defamation of character.”
From yesterday, Assistant Commissioner Christopher Griffith, proceeded on pre-retirement leave.
As a consequence, Commander ‘A’ Division, Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken assumed the post of Assistant Commissioner “Operations”.
Lisaveta Ramotar, the General Manager of the Guyana Gold Board who was sent on leave to facilitate an investigation of alleged money laundering by gold dealer Saddiqi Rasul has asserted her innocence of any wrong-doing in the matter.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela warned yesterday it would leave the Organization of American States (OAS) if the regional body goes ahead with a possible Foreign Ministers meeting to debate the state of the crisis-stricken nation.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, dealing another legal blow to the administration’s efforts to toughen immigration enforcement.
The Police say they are investigating the murder of Mark Ifill a/k “Yankie”, 39 year, a labourer of no fixed place of abode, which occurred about 1030h.
Staff of the Deeds Registry of the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority has called upon the Ministry of Legal Affairs to investigate their complaints of alleged improprieties committed by acting Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh, a release from the Ministry of Legal Affairs said today.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Timid West Indies failed to survive the anticipated final day onslaught from Pakistan and slumped to a seven-wicket defeat in the opening Test at Sabina Park here today.
(Trinidad Express) Everyone wanted the historic buildings in Sangre Grande to be saved and restored, but not a single person offered a cent to make it happen despite years of talk, said regional corporation chairman Terry Rondon.
The Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Leslie Sobers (right), today, handed over to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo the advice for the new regulations to better enforce provisions of the broadcasting authority, a release from the PM’s office said.
On Wednesday April 19, 2017, the police say that fifty-seven year old farmer, Linden Gordon of 5118 Central Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden was arrested in Amelia’s Ward by ranks of the Guyana Police Force with ninety-three grams of cannabis.
(Trinidad Express) American citizen David Gerard Migliore, a convicted felon who was recently released from prison in the United States, entered this country last week, triggering an investigation.
President David Granger has departed Guyana for a visit to the United Kingdom from April 24-28, 2017, where he will have an audience with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, according to the Ministry of the Presidency.
Transparency Institute Guyana Inc says that the government’s proposed code of conduct for top officials lacks specificity and this deficiency appears as low commitment to integrity in public office and it can ultimately impede the effectiveness of the Code and erode public confidence.