Daily Archives: 11/09/2019

Travel: Eastern Airlines gets green light for Guyana to NY route

11/09/2019 – 8:39 am

– six months after earlier application rejected

Eastern Airlines
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Six months after an earlier application had been rejected by Cabinet, Eastern Airlines has been given the green light to operate scheduled non-stop flights between the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York.

This was disclosed yesterday by Minister of State Dawn Hastings-Williams during the launch of Air Services Limited’s new routes to the Upper Mazaruni.

Hastings later told Stabroek News that the airline is expected to begin operations on December 8th.          Continue reading →

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Barbados: Rastafarians to Get Green Light to Use Cannabis for Religious Purposes

11/09/2019 – 12:27 am
Caribbean 360 – 08 November 2019
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday November 7, 2019 – Barbados’ Rastafarian community will soon be able to lawfully use marijuana in their religious sacrament.

During debate in Parliament on the Medical Cannabis Industry Bill – which was passed – Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Dale Marshall said draft legislation to allow the use of cannabis for religious purposes is being drafted and should be ready within the next few weeks.

“I have taken to Cabinet and I have got Cabinet’s approval for the preparation of a Bill to bring to this chamber which will facilitate the use by members of the Rastafarian faith of cannabis for the purpose of their religion,” he said.    Continue reading →

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CARICOM seeking to have telephone roaming charges eliminated throughout community

11/09/2019 – 12:21 am

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A release today from CARICOM said that this is one of the priorities which they identified as an early benefit in achieving a CARICOM Single ICT Space.         

At a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (ICT) on November 8. by video-conference, the Ministers agreed that this would provide social and economic benefits to the people and to the Region.          Continue reading →

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MEDICAL: Use of technology to improve mental health care – By Annan Boodram – The Caribbean Voice

11/09/2019 – 12:20 am

By Annan Boodram – The Caribbean Voice

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) one in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. In fact it nearly two billion people suffer from mental illnesses every year. Furthermore, those who live with severe mental illness are more likely to face chronic medical conditions and die around 25 years earlier as well as routinely suffer gross human rights violations.

While nations struggle to diagnose and service their increasing mentally ill populations, technology is gradually moving front and center in that process. In fact, one way in which mental health care is more easily and extensively accessed is through apps.              Continue reading →

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Guyana: Queen’s College celebrates its 175th Anniversary – By Subraj Singh

11/09/2019 – 12:15 am

By Subraj Singh – Guyana Chronicle – November 3, 2019THIS year marks exactly ten years since I graduated from High School. I went to Queen’s College (QC) from 2004 – 2009 and this school, incidentally, is celebrating its 175th anniversary.

I find it strange that this school is so old and has a long and storied history, with so little of it documented. This lack of proper documentation means that much of the legacy and lore of the school can only be passed on through oral traditions, from the alumni to the people, which in the 21st Century is a bit antiquated method. Of course, there are the sporadic bursts of publications here and there, but there is nothing comprehensive that tells the school’s story from the days of handsome Victorian scholars to the multicultural coed institution that now represents the best high schoolers in Guyana.        Continue reading →

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Guyana Politics: Liberty and Justice Party votes against coalescing + talks about Oil and Communities

11/09/2019 – 12:11 am

– Shuman says third force needed

Lenox Shuman (standing) speaking at yesterday’s press conference
Lenox Shuman speaking at press conference
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The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP)  has decided against joining with another party at the moment as it believes it is in the nation’s interest to have a “balancing” third force, according to Chairman and presidential candidate Lenox Shuman.        Continue reading →

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