Caribbean Airlines’ flag carrier status moving apace

Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon today announced that Guyana’s decision to afford Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flag carrier status will be communicated to the regulatory bodies in New York and Canada, thereby giving effect to the decision by the Government of Guyana. Flag carrier status will see CAL providing direct flights between Georgetown [...]

Thousands of Students to be Provided with Tablets

Thousands of tablet computers are to be distributed to students and teachers from 30 institutions across the island, under a pilot programme starting in September. This was disclosed by Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, during his contribution to the 2013/14 Budget Debate on Thursday, April 24m in Gordon House. “We [...]

Cuba and Saudi Arabia expand commercial bonds

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Cuba and Saudi Arabia ratified their intention to increase commercial relations by way of the signing of a bilateral agreement to contribute to the restoration of water mains in Havana. The agreement between the Ministry for Foreign Trade and Investment and the Saudi Development Fund includes the granting of $30 million [...]

Colombia peace talks resumed in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — The parties involved in the Colombia peace talks underway in Cuba, resumed talks on Tuesday with the commitment to advance a solution for the social and armed conflict in that country. The delegates of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) and of the government of Juan Manuel Santos [...]

Safarians accomplish challenging 2013 Pakaraima Mountain Safari

Scores of daring, men and women departed for the 11th Pakaraima Mountain Safari, in the wee hours of the morning of Saturday, March 23,each with their own expectations of what lay in wait over the hundreds of miles to be covered. This 529-miles journey is usually held between March and April before Easter celebrations, and [...]

Heightened attention on child care this year – Minister Webster tells National Assembly

During her Budget debate presentation in the National Assembly this evening, Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster called on the House to work together to capitalize on the current dispensation provided. “As much as we in the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security advocates for every family to work to overcome challenges together, we as [...]

Health Minister outlines buoyancy of sector during rebuttal of opposition’s accusations

Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran today outlined the resilience of the health sector on the second day of the Parliamentary debate on the National Budget in response to the opposition’s calls for pressing improvements to be implemented. Pointing out that Guyana has earned international accolades for its vaccination coverage, he applauded the staff who work [...]

Technology bringing democracy to Cuba, says dissident

MIAMI, USA — Cuban blogger and independent journalist Yoani Sanchez said, despite restrictions on cyberspace in Cuba, the internet is changing the communist country. “The virtual Cuba is influencing, directly and definitively, the real Cuba,” she said during a lecture at Florida International University in Miami, after recounting a story about how Cubans, using text [...]

USVI governor writes Caribbean leaders on rum dispute

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) — The US Virgin Islands has now turned to moral suasion in an attempt to get fellow rum producing nations in the Caribbean Forum to back down from plans to take their ongoing dispute before the World Trade Organisation (WTO). According to media reports, the USVI Governor John de Jongh has [...]

7 NORTH PARADE PROUDLY PRESENTS 2CD / DVD REGGAE ANTHOLOGY FROM THE ICONIC DANCEHALL PIONEER YELLOWMAN’S YOUNG, GIFTED AND YELLOW AVAILABLE APRIL 23, 2013

Jamaica’s first dancehall superstar Yellowman ushered in a new era in reggae music. His early ’80s success brought the popularity of toasting (reggae’s equivalent of rapping) to a new level and helped establish dancehall as the wave of the future. On April 23, 2013, 17 North Parade will unlock its vaults once again to unveil [...]

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