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A United States federal judge has ordered Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to pay about US$272,000 in damages to a Connecticut woman injured in a plane crash in Guyana in 2011. According to an article from the Associated Press (AP) Judge Michael Shea in Hartford ruled Tuesday that Caribbean Airlines was responsible for the injuries of Waterbury resident Indrawatie Shiwbodh. The decision came in Shiwbodh’s lawsuit against the airline and after a non-jury trial before Shea. Lawsuits by other passengers were settled, and Shiwbodh’s case was the only one to go to…

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As there continues to be uncertainty over what transpired during the shooting incident at the Kingston Seawall earlier this month, President David Granger has ordered that an investigation be launched into the deaths of Dextroy Cordis, Kwame Assanah, and Errol Adams, who were shot dead by Police. The Head of State said that the decision was made at the level of the National Security Committee. It was also decided that the findings of the probe would be sent for legal advice to determine whether there was any culpability for the…

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…says biggest fear is whether 2020 polls would be free and fair General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo believes that some of the repressive and anti-people decisions taken by the coalition Government since its assumption to office, which have had a severe effect on the lives on many Guyanese, were well orchestrated to dismantle the pro-poor policies set by the party’s founder, Dr Cheddi Jagan. Addressing an audience which comprised veteran politicians and members of the diplomatic corps on Tuesday evening at Red House, Jagdeo said…

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Urging Government to accept responsibility, a Guyanese born Queens, New York businessman, whose business enterprises include fish imports, has called on the coalition Administration to do whatever it takes – even if it means bringing in a consultant – to fix the issues that led to the ban on catfish import into the United States from Guyana. In an interview with this publication, concerns were expressed by Dave Narine, owner of Dave’s Guyana Fish Market situated on Liberty Ave, New York. The businessman stressed that since fish exports from Guyana…

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In wake of the United States (US) ban on the import of catfish species, Government is seeking to assure it is taking measures after the fact to address the ban; something likely to have a ripple effect on a number of fishermen. In a brief interview with this publication, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder declared that Government is trying to satisfy the requirements it had been warned it would be in default of. “We’re putting things in place to satisfy the requirements. The requirements are stringent and it’s difficult to meet…

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…says Govt Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh on Thursday testified at the ongoing Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry (COI) that he never conducted post mortem examinations on the eight (8) miners who were killed. Sometime between June 12, 2008 and June 24, 2008, miners Cecil Arokium, Dax Arokium, Compton Speirs, Horace Drakes, Clifton Wong, Lancelot Lee, Bonny Harry and Nigel Torres were shot and killed, and their bodies burnt at the Upper Berbice River mining camp, which was being operated by Leonard Arokium. Sigh told the…

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…collapses in Court Twenty five-year-old, Awena Rutherford has been found guilty, by a 12-member jury, of killing her two children on 27 March 2014. After the decision was rendered, Rutherford was heard screaming and she subsequently collapsed on the courtroom floor. After 20 minutes had expired and the woman was still on the floor, Justice Navindra Sing left the bench and adjourned the matter for Friday at 1pm for sentencing. Rutherford who was on trial for fatally poisoning her two children maintained that she thought she was buying cold tablets…

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At least three men, suspected to be bandits, were on Thursday shot dead by Police ranks on the Kingston Seawall Road in the vicinity of the GNS Sports Complex ground in Georgetown. According to information reaching this newspaper, police ranks, acting on a tip off had started trailing the alleged bandits prior to them being killed. A senior police official said that the police were conducting an “operation” when they came under fire. After the crime scene was processed and the bodies were taken away, a police officer described the…

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A 31-year-old Guyanese national was on Wednesday remanded to prison, in order to be extradited to the USA soon. Troy Thomas of 34 Second Street Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, is wanted for murder in the USA. It is alleged that Thomas on December 11, 2011 killed Keith Frank, 21, outside a party at South Richmond Hill, Jamaica, New York. The man was wanted by US authorities since their investigations commenced in 2012. The fugitive was arrested around 02:00h on Wednesday at his Liliendaal address by ranks of the Guyana Police Force.…

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…Permaul confident of Warriors bringing home the title this year By Clifton Ross With the Biggest Party in Sport just months away, senior Guyana Amazon Warriors spinner Veerasammy Permaul is backing the slightly new-look side to finally deliver the elusive title to their Guyanese fans in the sixth the edition Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) One of Guyana’s leading bowlers and one part of the spin twin along with Devendra Bishoo, who is also his Warriors teammate yet again this season, Permaul told Guyana Times International Sport on Tuesday, that…

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