Antigua and Barbuda (Tuesday, December 1, 2020) — Sub-regional carrier, LIAT, resumed its commercial services, yesterday, by providing services to a limited number of destinations and routes. “The airline will operate flights, 5 days per week, to 7 destinations across ...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Tuesday, December 1, 2020) — Prime Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips, this morning, underscored the importance of utilising Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the education sector, noting that the government is committed to its development. His comments ...
Read More »Jamaican PM Calls On First World Countries Not To Turn Inwards During The COVID-19 Pandemic
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, December 1, 2020) –– Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, is calling on countries, which traditionally provide aid to other countries, especially Small Island Developing States (SIDS), not to cut back on their international aid budget. The Prime Minister’s ...
Read More »CARICOM Education Ministers Reminded Of Sector’s Importance In Post Covid-19 Recovery
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, November 19, 2020) — Caribbean Community Education Ministers were reminded of Education’s critical role in the post COVID-19 economic recovery, as the 25th Special Meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Human and Social and Development (COHSOD) opened Tuesday. ...
Read More »Guyana’s Vice-President Says APNU+AFC Coalition Bent On Defending ‘Illegalities’
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, November 19, 2020) — Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, has accused officials of the APNU+AFC Coalition, which is the republic’s Opposition, of being fixated on defending the illegalities, committed during their five-year tenure. Instead of being outraged ...
Read More »Jamaica’s House Assembly Passes Dog Attack Bill
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, November 19, 2020) — The House of Representatives, on Tuesday (November 17), passed the Dogs (Liability for Attacks) Act 2020, which provides for criminal and civil liability for an owner of a dog that attacks, injures and/or ...
Read More »Guyana’s President Meets With High Level Team From United Arab Emirates
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Thursday, November 19, 2020) — President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, met, this afternoon, with Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Juma Al Maktoum of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and an eight-member delegation that arrived in Guyana, today, on a three-day ...
Read More »Jamaican Police Activates High Alert For Missing Child, Dantae Grant
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, November 19, 2020) –– A High Alert has been activated for 12-year-old Dantae Grant, of Regent Street, Kingston, who is still missing, since Friday July 10, 2020. He is of dark complexion, slim build and about 145 ...
Read More »University Of The West Indies To Set Up In Guyana
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Thursday, November 19, 2020) — The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has been invited, by the recently elected President of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali, to help drive forward Guyana’s human resource development strategy. Vice-Chancellor of The ...
Read More »Barbados Puts Temporary Ban On Poultry From The United Kingdom
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Thursday, November 19, 2020) — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, through its Veterinary Services Unit, has placed a temporary ban on the importation of all commercial imports of poultry, hatching eggs and fresh, frozen or chilled ...
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