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Transport and Hydraulics Minister, Robeson Benn on Wednesday announced that the preliminary report into the crashed CAL BW 523 aircraft is near completion. At this stage, he disclosed that the primary contributing factor in this accident was that the aircraft made a long landing and touched down with insufficient runway remaining to come to a safe stop. Detailed analyses will also examine several other aspects of CAL BW 523 flight to identify any other possible contributing factors in order to learn from this accident, and to help identify any measures…

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The pioneer in honouring individuals by the media has to be TIME Magazine. Starting in 1927 and purporting to consider all of humanity, they defined the genre and still remain the iconic standard worldwide. In launching our local but wider version with a host of categories, we begin with our Guyanese Person of the Year. We have utilised Time Magazine’s classic criteria to arrive at our choice: “bestowed by the editors on the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill will, and…

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The full text of President Donald Ramotar’s New Year’s message follows: I am pleased to greet you on this New Year. This is my first New Year’s address to the nation and I am extremely honoured to extend best wishes for peace, happiness, health and prosperity to all Guyanese. In keeping with our traditions, the dawn of a new year is for many, a time to spend in the company of loved ones. Throughout Guyana and in the diaspora, Guyanese are doing just this and they greet the New Year…

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President Donald Ramotar has vowed not to sit idly by and allow Guyanese women to continue suffering at the hands of violent spouses. He is calling for a reorientation in the way the police approach and address the issue. He told staff of the Labour, Human Services and Social Security Ministry gathered for a conference at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) on December 19 that his government will ensure the effective functioning of the systems that are put in place to provide a safe refuge for women in Guyana.…

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President Donald Ramotar, during a tour of the annual Main Big Lime on Monday, said that the objective of the event was accomplished, as it has created a relaxing and enjoyable atmosphere for patrons. The show is usually coordinated by the Tourism Ministry. “The atmosphere created is lovely with people relaxing and enjoying themselves together,” the Government Information Agency (GINA) quoted the president as saying. The head of state also said that the Main Big Lime is an extension of Christmas as the Christmas season is a time which brings…

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European Ambassador to Guyana Robert Kopecky said that given the importance of sugar to the Guyanese economy, its future will result in an even more competitive and prosperous sugar industry. The ambassador made the comments after recently completing visits to the Guyana Sugar Corporation headquarters at Ogle and the Enmore Packaging Plant on the East Coast of Demerara. Kopecky was welcomed by GuySuCo Chief Executive, Paul Bhim at the company’s headquarters. Subsequently, he visited the Enmore factory and estate, where a modern packaging plant was commissioned on May 9. According…

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With the Christmas season already upon us, many Guyanese from the New York metropolitan region had been mulling returning to their native land in this time of merriment and festivities. Black cake, ginger beer and garlic pork might be some of the inducements, but on top of the list is the “throwing back” with friends and relatives. But a quick survey down Liberty Avenue – the heart of little Guyana in Queens New York – reveals that for every one person that decided to take that quick trip “back home”,…

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– tax evasion scheme uncovered, officers implicated By Michael Younge The Guyana Revenue Authority has sent home several officers attached to various departments after it unearthed three separate instances where attempts were being made to defraud the state of more than Gy$ 27 million in revenue and taxes. GRA Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur made the disclosure during an exclusive interview with this newspaper at his Lamaha Street office. He said that the entity has launched three separate investigations into the instances which saw several breaches of the Standard Operating Procedures.…

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The government of Guyana has sought external assistance to conduct an investigation in allegations of rape made against Police Commissioner Henry Greene last week. Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon on Tuesday say that an investigation solely led by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force may lead to accusations of prejudice and conflict of interest, as the officers doing the investigation would be subordinate to the commissioner. “The reality of the investigation by CID, a constitutional responsibility of CID to investigate its commissioner is obviously one that…

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