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Roraima and Dynamic Airways seeking to make Guyana hub for neighbouring travelers

U.S carrier, Dynamic International Airways and Guyana’s Roraima Airways are making moves to work closer together in an effort to make Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport a hub for Guyana’s neighbouring travelers. Dynamic currently operates four weekly flights from New York to Georgetown and that schedule is expected to increase in the future. According to […]

Raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10-years-old proposed at consultation on Juvenile Justice Bill

Proposals for raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10-years-old and establishing separate remand homes for boys and girls have come to the fore as Guyana considers a new Juvenile Justice Bill. With the help of the UNICEF Office in Guyana, the Ministry of Public Security hosted the first of three public consultation sessions on […]

Store owner shoots burglar to the face after alarm goes off

A suspected bandit is nursing gunshot wounds to his face after being shot by the owner of a Georgetown store. Police Investigators have reported that at about 3:30am on Wednesday,  licensed firearm holder and owner of  the A and N Electronic Store, shot and injured a burglar to his face. According to the police, the […]

McCoy slapped with three charges for 2011 damage to Benschop’s vehicle and theft of property

Former Presidential Information Liaison under the PPP, Kwame McCoy was on Wednesday slapped with three charges for actions meted out against Political Activist Mark Benchcop back in March 2011. McCoy appeared at the Providence Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Lerone Daly and was granted bail in the sum of $275,000. He was granted $200,000 bail for […]

Police arrest bandits after mining camp gold heist

Quick action by the Guyana Police Force in the Mazaruni area has resulted in the arrest of two men who robbed a miner of a large quantity of  raw gold after they brutally chopped him about the body. The man survived the injuries. According to a Police report, 42-year-old miner, Neil Jordan, of Bartica, Essequibo, […]

Guyanese construction worker gunned down in Trinidad

A Guyanese man was killed and another critically injured in a shooting incident in San Fernando, Trinidad on Monday. The dead man was identified as Guyanese national Kemraj Persad, 30, a construction worker, of Hummingbird Avenue, Duncan Village. According to a report in the Trinidad Guardian, Eyewitnesses said Persad, and another man identified as Sean […]