Last Updated on Friday, 6 December 2019, 0:43 by Writer A passenger aboard a Guyana-bound Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight died, forcing the flight to divert to Puerto Rico and causing other passengers to suffer a more than five-hour delay to their destination, sources said. The CAL BW521 flight left New York at 7:06 a.m. but the passengers destined for Guyana ...
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Too much rum-drinking at regional festivals -Tourism Director-General
Last Updated on Friday, 6 December 2019, 0:41 by Writer The Director-General of the Department of Tourism, Donald Sinclair on Thursday called for less rum-drinking and a greater focus on culture at festivals across Guyana’s ten administrative regions. He issued the call at a regional tourism forum at which regional tourism committee representatives presented their reviews for 2019 and were ...
Read More »OPINION: New political arrivals: the other side of their existence
Last Updated on Sunday, 8 December 2019, 0:23 by Writer by GHK Lall As is now an almost reflexive aspect of election traditions in Guyana, there has been the usual appearing and flocking of them around this time. This would be the new faces, new voices, and the new sounds of the new political parties taking their places in the ...
Read More »Corentyne sisters charged with assaulting policewoman
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 December 2019, 18:21 by Writer Two women, who were seen on a Facebook video allegedly assaulting police and behaving disorderly at a police outpost, pleaded not guilty to several charges and were placed on a total of GYD$100,000 bail. Yasminie ‘Tina’ Ramsew was granted $30,000 bail for dangerous driving, and $10,000 bail each for assaulting ...
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