Michael Correia, Jnr elected president of Aircraft Owners Association
Michael O. Correia, Jnr. of Trans Guyana Airways was elected president of the Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana Inc.
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Michael O. Correia, Jnr. of Trans Guyana Airways was elected president of the Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana Inc.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The California woman who gave birth to octuplets in January has won the latest round in a court fight over the babies’ earnings and assets.
At the first National Community-Based Rehabilitation conference in Region Five yesterday, differently-able persons were assured that the legislation to address their rights and needs would be tabled in parliament before the end of the year.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The New York Times does not have the right to gain access to sealed applications for wiretaps in the investigation of the prostitution ring once patronized by former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, a U.S.
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C./OCONTO FALLS, Wisc., (Reuters) – At scattered events across the United States, protesters are confronting members of Congress whose summer “town hall” meetings aim to get a sense of how Americans feel about overhauling healthcare.
Members of the National Search and Rescue Committee began working to upgrade the current Search and Rescue Plan since late last year and this week their work progressed to a ‘table top’ exercise to discuss, analyze and improve the plan, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release.
The Guyana Girl Guides Association (GGGA) on Thursday held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) where the new President and Vice President were revealed along with the presentation of the Chief Commissioner report for the period January 2007 to December 2008 At the association’s headquarters on Brickdam, Chief Commissioner, Sarah Gordon highlighted the work that is being done by the executive committee to expand the area of influence to girls countrywide pointing out that already a number of units were resuscitated while new ones in Matthew’s Ridge and Abraham’s Ville were created.
MOSUL, Iraq, (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed 38 people as they left a Shi’ite Muslim mosque just outside the volatile northern Iraqi city of Mosul, officials said yesterday, while bombs in Baghdad killed another 12.
Three Caribbean nationals were recently appointed to the senior management team of the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), the Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Lorne McDonnough announced yesterday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela reduced its poverty levels in the first half of the year despite a global recession and a sharp drop in oil revenues in the oil dependent nation, the head of the national statistics body said yesterday.
A 21-year-old guard accused of stealing a flat-screen television from the squash bar of the Georgetown Club was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $200,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
(BBC) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced trade measures against Colombia, amid a growing diplomatic row between the two nations.
– ATC equipment to be replaced over 18 months The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) yesterday signed a US$3.5 million ($700 million) contract with Canadian company Intelcan Technosystems Inc, which will see the upgrading of communication and air-navigation systems at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.
Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Captain Gerald Gouveia says former Roger Khan attorney Robert Simels met with him three years ago to ascertain whether the now confessed drug trafficker was recognized in business circles here.
-has no objection to pre-sentence report Lawyers for confessed Guyanese drug trafficker Roger Khan have written US judge Dora Irizarry requesting an earlier date for sentencing, even suggesting next month, ahead of the scheduled November date which was previously announced.
Residents and businesspersons located close to the seawall behind Number 78 Village at Corriverton, West Coast Berbice are concerned about damaged sections of the seawall which they said had eroded over the past several years.
-method of picking members likely to displease opposition In the absence of opposition MPs, the National Assembly yesterday passed the Local Government Commission Bill 2009 with a contentious clause that would in essence allow the administration to pick all six members of the Commission.
-farmers point to flooding, pests Stakeholders in the local coconut industry were urged to examine their options as they raised their concerns about the sub-sector at a workshop on Tuesday.
The United States Embassy in Georgetown on Wednesday said it wished to remind all Guyanese citizens travelling to the United States that each person, including minor children, must present their own valid passport to the immigration officer at the U.S.
Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy recently signed a US$5M contract for the construction of a modern health bond for the sector.
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