GCAA hosts int’l aviation training course
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is hosting a two-day International Civil Aviation Organisation training course on Monday and Tuesday.
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The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is hosting a two-day International Civil Aviation Organisation training course on Monday and Tuesday.
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas assumed the Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on January 1, replacing Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
JAKARTA, (Reuters Life!) – With sickles and slingshots in hand, farmers in Indonesia are guarding chilli plants from thieves, after prices for the much-loved spice jumped five-fold in the past year to boost inflation and worry the government.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French intelligence services are investigating a possible Chinese connection in an industrial espionage scandal at carmaker Renault, a government source said yesterday.
NAIROBI/KAMPALA, (Reuters) – East African nations could reap trade and investment opportunities worth billions of dollars to help develop south Sudan if it splits from the north, but they will have to compete with bigger rivals like China to do so.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A package addressed to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited yesterday at a postal facility in Washington, D.C.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A former British lawmaker was jailed for 18 months yesterday for falsifying his expenses, the first parliamentarian to be convicted over a 2009 scandal that engulfed the nation’s political system.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 17 people, including a police commander, inside a public bathhouse in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar yesterday in the country’s worst attack in more than five months.
Popular Linden businessman Albert Joseph called `Bolo’, who was shot during a robbery last Monday, succumbed to his wound earlier this evening.
Mark Hoosein, 22 years of Fourth Street, Cummings Lodge, ECD, and Rhomayne Li, 18 years of Cummings Street, Alberttown, Georgetown, were today charged with unlawful possession of explosives and throwing an explosive in a public place and fined.
The police say they are investigating an incident that occurred at about 0445h today at Non Pariel, ECD, during which Ramchand Rampadarat, 36 years, was shot and injured by a businessman who is also a licensed firearm holder.
The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 7 pm yesterday at No.
A lone gunman robbed the A&R store in Linden and is now hiding in an empty building in the McKenzie business centre.
(Jamaica Gleaner) After months of uncertainty, it appears that The Bahamas will in fact be stepping in to save this year’s Carifta Games with an announcement expected to be made by North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletics Association President Neville ‘Teddy’ McCook as early as next week.
The PNCR today accused the PPP/C government of helming a plan to stay in office, a charge that the ruling party and the government have previously strenuously denied.
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) today released the six names approved as nominees as the party’s presidential candidate.
(NY Daily News) A Brooklyn woman with a vise-like grip pleaded guilty on Tuesday to nearly maiming an NYPD cop by squeezing his genitals.
(BBC) Opposition MP Robin Yearwood has criticised the Antiguan government for removing Sir Gerald Watt as chairman of the country’s Electoral Commission.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia have dropped to fifth place in the test rankings after losing the Ashes series to England, who edged closer to second-placed South Africa on the latest official list issued today.
HAMILTON, New Zealand, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Abdul Rehman produced a sustained, tight spell of left-arm spin bowling to take three wickets for 51 runs as New Zealand scrambled to 260 for seven at the close of play on the first day of the first test at Seddon Park today.
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