Yurubarrow Mountain fatal crash
Inadequate weather forecast, poor pilot judgement cited A report on the plane crash near Kopinang on April 25, 2007 which claimed three lives has cited the lack of proper weather information, bad weather and the pilot’s decision to continue the flight under such conditions as contributory factors. The April 9, 2008 report submitted by the [...]
Families identify ‘Fineman’, ‘Skinny’
Family members have positively identified the bodies of wanted men Rondell `Fineman’ Rawlins and Jermaine `Skinny’ Charles and post-mortem examinations are to be performed on Monday. Charles and Rawlins were shot dead on Thursday by joint services ranks after they were cornered in an unfinished building in Kuru Kururu on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway after being [...]
Barbados sending portable runway lights for Timehri
Barbados is lending Guyana 30 portable runway lights to facilitate night landings at the Cheddi Jagan Internationl Airport, Timehri by tomorrow while the engineers who installed the current lighting system are expected back to resolve the current problems. Transport Minister Robeson Benn told reporters at a press conference yesterday that while government has been trying [...]
Torture allegations mount up
There are at least six allegations of torture pending against the security services and even though there have been denials followed by promises of in-depth probes, the findings of any investigations have still not been made public. Allegations from Buxton-ians Patrick Sumner, Victor Jones and three of the army’s own – Alvin Wilson, Sharth Robertson [...]