Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Articles published on Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Representatives from Cheddi Jagan International Airport; Caribbean Airlines; the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority; and the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority following the meeting. (Ministry of Public Infrastructure photo)

CJIA, CAL reach deal in duty-free row

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today reached a deal that would allow duty-free purchases by passengers leaving Guyana and having to transit through Trinidad and Tobago on their way to the US.

Antigua and Sandals in tax row

(Trinidad Guardian) As T&T weighs up approving the construction of a Sandals Resort in Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has been engaged in a testy public exchange with Sandals Chairman Butch Stewart over Sandals’ retention of sales tax income, by what the Antiguan government has called “an unlawful agreement.”

Relief for Diamond as well temporarily fixed

– 16 around country for rehab Residents of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, and surrounding areas can now feel a slight relief as the well, that has been giving problems, has been temporarily fixed and CEO of GWI Richard Van West-Charles said that by the end of the year the area should be equipped with another well.

BV-B captain Erin Fraser collecting the championship trophy from Guinness Brand Manager Lee Baptiste after defeating Haslington North in the final while other members of the team and Petra Organization Co-Director Troy Mendonca (right) look on.

BV ‘B’ crowned new champion

A mammoth crowd at the Haslington Tarmac witnessed the crowning of a new champion as Beterverwagting (BV)-B edged North Haslington 1-0 in the final of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets East Coast edition on Sunday.

There should be less rhetoric on social cohesion and more of a practical understanding on how to achieve it

Dear Editor, After reading GHK Lall’s reflections in his letter to SN, titled ‘President must reach every opportunity to be chorister-in-chief on social cohesion’ (June 20) I feel behoved to urge my fellow Guyanese (and, at times, the government ) to address the matter of social cohesion with less flourishing rhetoric and more with a conceptual and practical understanding of how to achieve this national goal.

A shining light in the darkness

Dear Editor, Thirty-six years haven’t seemed to erase or dull the misrepresentations, falsehoods, ignorance, disparagements and, I might even add, a kind of grudge that have been perpetrated and perpetuated by some people against one of our finest heroes ‒ Walter Rodney. 

NDCs to get $4M subvention – Bulkan

The Ministry of Communities is prepared to provide each Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) with a $4 million subvention to assist in the execution of their capital works initiatives provided that they are able to submit an appropriate work programme, Minister Ronald Bulkan says.

Education management

The Brickdam Secondary School brouhaha is one of those irritating distractions inflicted upon us from time to time, but which invariably could be minimized through the application of good sense.