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Daily Archives: Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 21:43

Guyanese start-up airline in charter agreements with European carriers

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 22:37 by Writer A Guyanese start-up airline, Jet Global Services (Guyana) Inc., has clinched a deal with Bulgaria-headquartered GullivAir and the Switzerland-based LunaJets to offer Guyanese and oil sector workers another option to connect to neighbouring Brazil, the Caribbean and North America. “As Guyana becomes a significant player in the global oil market, ...

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Man, charged with attempting to murder wife, faces life imprisonment

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 20:34 by Writer The man, who was seen on video allegedly stabbing his wife multiple times on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, was charged with attempted murder and refused bail, police said. The Guyana Police Force (GPF) said 26-year-old Navin Stoll of One Mile Turn, Soesdyke-Linden Highway was charged on Tuesday with the indictable offence ...

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Updated: President announces increases in salaries, allowances for public servants

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 20:28 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the government signed a two-year wages and salaries agreement that would see them benefitting from a 10 percent pay hike for 2024 and eight percent next year. “This 10 percent increase in salary, which is retroactive ...

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Nearly 200 dead in Haiti massacre as voodoo community reportedly targeted

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 18:41 by Writer by Agence France-Presse Residents evacuate Poste Marchands in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on December 9, 2024, after gangs took control of the region on December 7. Nearly 200 people in Haiti were killed in brutal weekend violence reportedly orchestrated against voodoo practitioners, with the government on Monday condemning a massacre of “unbearable ...

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Brazil’s Lula undergoes surgery for brain hemorrhage

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 18:29 by Writer AFP – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil By Lucia Lacurcia Brazil’s 79-year-old President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva underwent surgery for a brain hemorrhage related to a recent fall, hospital officials said Tuesday. “The operation went without complications” on Monday night, and Lula was “doing well, under monitoring” in an intensive ...

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