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Copa Airlines to begin Guyana service in July

The Panamanian based Copa Airlines has announced that it will begin service between Guyana and Panama and other connections from July of this year. The airline will initially offer twice weekly service between Guyana and Panama. Passengers will be able to book connecting flights to other Copa destinations including New York, Miami, Washington, Los Angelas, […]

Guyana and Haiti to lead C’bbean economic growth in 2014

(Caribbean Journal) The United Nations released its annual World Economic Situation and Prospects report this week, which projects GDP growth across Latin America and the Caribbean. So which countries will take the lead in 2014? Guyana and Haiti, according to the report, much like last year. Guyana and Haiti are both projected to grow by […]

TGA Crash: Bodies extracted and flown to city

Recovery teams were able to extract the bodies of Pilot Blake Slater and Cargo Handler Dwayne Jacobs from the wreckage of the Trans Guyana plane crash on Tuesday morning. The bodies have been flown to the city and have been transferred to private funeral homes. They were the only two persons aboard the aircraft that […]

Man caught trying to smuggle singing birds through airport

An outgoing passenger was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Friday night after he was busted trying to smuggle a number of whistling finches out of the country. News Source understands that the man had the singing finches known in Guyana as “Towa Towa” stashed in several hair curlers. He had already made it […]

Efforts continue to extract bodies from plane crash site

Recovery teams will move back into the Olive Creek area in the Mazaruni area to continue with their efforts to extract the bodies of Pilot Blake Slater and Cargo Handler Dwayne Jacobs from the wreckage of the Trans Guyana plane crash. They were the only two persons aboard the aircraft The recovery teams were forced […]

American man remanded on cocaine in milk packets charge

The American man who was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Friday night with over 30 pounds of cocaine in milk packets was remanded to prison on Monday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Twenty-four year old Jermaine Lowe pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry. The Prosecutions […]

Carolann Lynch surrenders to face murder charge again

Former Beauty Queen, Carol-Ann Lynch has surrendered to local police to face the murder charge for a 2nd time in connection with the death of her husband, Farouk Razak who was named in US court documents as a known Guyanese drug trafficker and close associate of convicted drug king pin Roger Khan. Lynch walked stepped […]

GCCI worried about Linden Agreement not moving forward

The Regional Chairman of Region 10, Sharma Solomon has expressed his concern about what he considers the Government’s “foot-dragging” on many of the agreements that were entered into following the over one month of protest action in the mining town of Linden back in 2012. Now, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) is […]

GGMC gets new Chairman; Commissioner confirmed

 The Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday announced the appointment of Mr. Clinton Williams as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). The Ministry also announced that Mr. Rickford Vieira has been confrimed as Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud […]

Pilot and Passenger found dead at Trans Guyana crash site

Canadian Pilot, Captain Blake Slater and his lone passenger, ground handler Dwayne Jacobs have been found dead at the site of the Trans Guyana Plane crash in a densely forested area in the Mazaruni region close to Olive Creek. After spotting the crash site on Sunday, ground troops from the Guyana Defence Force were able […]