Police impersonator arrested at Queens College

A man who pretended to be a police detective was arrested in the Queens College compound on Wednesday morning as he made an attempt to “seize” smartphones from several of the students of the school. According to an official attached to the school, the man who was well dressed, appeared at the school just after […]

Man busted at airport with 27 lbs cocaine in rice and flour

He is not known to be chef, but a 31-year-old Guyanese man was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Tuesday afternoon with what he thought were the right ingredients to get cocaine out of the country. The man, whose name has not been released, was about to board a Dynamic Airways non-stop flight to […]

PPP declares its “well oiled” for elections

The governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Tuesday evening declared that it is “ready and steady” for the 2015 General and Regional Elections. The party expressed its confidence in regaining the majority in the National Assembly which it lost following the 2011 elections. Though it lost the majority in parliament, the party was able to […]

AFC wants GECOM to tackle abuse of state resources by the PPP

In welcoming President Donald Ramotar’s announcement of May 11, 2015 as the date for General and Regional Elections, the Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling on the Guyana Elections Commission to urgently publish guidelines against “the abuse of state resources”. General Secretary of the AFC, David Patterson in a Tuesday evening statement to News Source […]

Granger welcomes Elections date; Calls on PPP to conduct clean campaign

Leader of the Opposition and A Partnership for National Unity, retired Brigadier David Granger on Tuesday evening welcomed President Ramotar’s announcement of May, 11 2015 as the date for General and Regional Elections. Mr. Granger called on the People’s Progressive party to conduct itself properly and run a clean campaign in the lead up to […]

President announces May 11 as Elections Date

President Donald Ramotar on Tuesday announced May 11, 2015 as the date for national elections in Guyana. His announcement came two months after he suspended the parliament of Guyana to avoid a no confidence motion that the Opposition was preparing to move against his administration. The combined Opposition parties held the majority in the 10th […]

CAL suspends pilots over JFK near collision incident

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Safety inspectors from the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (TTCAA) are due to hold discussions with Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Control (ATC) officials on Tuesday following the near collision involving the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) and a fully loaded Jetblue plane at the John F Kennedy (JFK) […]

AFC protests CARICOM over prorogation of Parliament in Guyana

Members and supporters of the Alliance For Change on Tuesday picketed outside the CARICOM Secretariat at Liliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara over what they believe was the weak response of the regional body to the ongoing suspension of the Parliament in Guyana. Last week, the CARICOM Council of Ministers after being briefed by […]

Authorities end search for missing ASL plane

Three weeks after it vanished without a trace just after takeoff from Mahdia, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has decided to call off its search for the missing Air Services Limited  Britten Norman Islander aircraft and the two persons who were on board. In a statement on Monday evening, the Ministry of Transport announced that […]