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A Dynamic Airways aircraft at Timehri (File Photo)
A Dynamic Airways aircraft at Timehri (File Photo)

Dynamic bond not enough to refund passengers – Field

The US$200,000 bond lodged by the defunct Dynamic Airways cannot cover all the costs incurred in paying out refunds for the 609 passengers who were affected when the air carrier ground to a halt last year.

Melroy Pyle being fitted with one of the prosthetic limbs last week.

Double amputee gets prostheses

Four months after a work accident caused him to lose both hands, mechanical engineering student Melroy Pyle is one step closer to reclaiming his independence, after receiving prostheses from an overseas company.

Nicholas Chuck-A-Sang

Deputy head of Petroleum Directorate rejects conflict of interest concerns

Rejecting suggestions of any conflict of interest because he was once a director of a locally-registered oil company, the Deputy Director of the Petroleum Directorate Nicholas Chuck-A-Sang says qualified Guyanese in the sector should be encouraged to serve their homeland without concerns that they will be influenced by their former employers.

Some of the participants at the seminar. (Department of Public Information photo)

AG tells SOCU, FIU convictions needed

Attorney General Basil Williams SC on Friday sounded a warning to both the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), saying that they need to secure convictions as they are critical to showing the effectiveness of measures Guyana has taken to combat money laundering.

  Anil Nandlall

Baseless misconduct charges won’t hold up in court, Nandlall says

Saying that the misconduct charges filed against former Finance Minister Ashni Singh and former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington cannot hold up in court, attorney Anil Nandlall has warned that lawsuits will be filed over the character damage that has been done.

The White Castle Fish Shop building, located at the corner of Hadfield and John streets, Werk-en-Rust.

White Castle Fish Shop gutted by fire in suspected arson

A fire, suspected to be an act of arson, gutted the White Castle Fish Shop at John and Hadfield Streets, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, early yesterday morning, leaving the proprietor counting millions of dollars in losses, and his common-law wife in custody as the prime suspect.

Soesdyke woman dies in Land of Canaan bus crash

A Soesdyke woman was killed on Friday afternoon, while several others were injured after the unlicensed driver of the minibus they were travelling in lost control of the vehicle along the Land of Canaan Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara and collided with a utility pole.

 Clive Thomas

Thomas still heading GuySuCo board

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan on Friday clarified that Professor Clive Thomas remains Chairman of the board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) as Cabinet had deferred a decision on a new board.

Ongoing upgrade works to reduce GPL losses – Director

With the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) falling short of its target for losses last year, Divisional Director of Loss Reduction Parsram Persaud has projected better results this year due to ongoing network upgrade works that have already yielded positive results.

Simon Mc Bean

Wrongfully dismissed cop not ruling out return to force

After the recent Court of Appeal finding that he was wrongly dismissed by the Guyana Police Force in 2009, former Police Superintendent Simon McBean has not ruled out the possibility, if asked, of returning to the institution, to which he had dedicated 17 years of his life.

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