Antigua and Barbuda (Tuesday, December 1, 2020) — Sub-regional carrier, LIAT, resumed its commercial services, on November 30, 2020 by providing services to a limited number of destinations and routes.
“The airline will operate flights, 5 days per week, to 7 destinations across the LIAT network. The seven destinations are: Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Kitts, and St Vincent,” the airline revealed in a November 25 press release. Continue reading
Guyana History: Remembering Sir David Rose on his 50th death anniversary in 2019 – By Dennis Nichols
Sir David Rose
Nov 17, 2019 Countryman – By Dennis Nichols
Nineteen sixty-nine was an eventful year in many respects around the world. The unthinkable happened – a human being walked on the moon. Equally unthinkable, in the United States, Charles Manson and his ‘disciples’ wrought bloody havoc in Los Angeles, California. Then, as anti-Vietnam War sentiments heated up, almost half a million people took part in the largest anti-war protest in American history, on November 15 of that year.
Here in Guyana, the year started with the abortive Rupununi ‘Uprising’ which saw a number of fatalities, including five police officers. And as it drew to a close, our country’s first Governor-General, Sir David Rose, himself a former police officer, died in a horrifying freak accident in England. Continue reading →
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