THE telecommunications monopoly in Guyana has ended and already three licensed service providers are going ahead with expansion plans. On Monday, Prime Minister Mark Phillips announced the end of GTT’s 30-year-monopoly the Starbroek News reported. On Tuesday, he handed over licences to GTT, Digicel and E-Networks at a ceremony at his Camp Street office. […]
By Ravi Nanga LAST week we examined the immunity from legal proceedings that is enjoyed by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) and the difficulties that can be faced in the event legal action is commenced against the body. It has however been reported that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) may be approached […]Read More
THERE is no evidence of community spread of Covid-19 in Barbados and rumours were dismissed by Minister of Health and Wellness Colonel Jeffrey Bostic. The Barbados Advocate reported that six members of a family including a four-month-old baby and a teenager were in medical care at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility with with the […]Read More
JAMAICA’s school term begins today with much uncertainty about the new way of learning, online classes. School begins for primary and secondary school children but many still lack electronic devices required for learning, the Jamaica Observer reported. The strain will be on families who have more than one child attending school, reports out of […]Read More
DAWN Smith has been sworn in as the British Virgin Islands new Attorney General. Dawn Smith received her instruments of appointment on Thursday by Premier and Finance Minister Andrew Fahie. Smith is the second local Attorney General of the British owned Caribbean territory. R Dancia Penn-Sallah, QC, OBE first served in the post from […]Read More
IN his address to the United Nations 75th General Assembly, Grenadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter David called for the end of the United States embargo against Cuba. In his speech published in NOWGrenada, the Foreign Minister said Cuba must be praised for the medical work the country is doing during the Covid-19 pandemic. […]Read More
By Ravi Nanga LAST week the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) released the results of the 2020 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations. Since the release of these results there have been a regional outcry from stakeholders questioning the veracity of the results on the basis that there appeared […]Read More
KARL-Henry Chatelier, First Secretary in the Haitian Embassy and Haiti’s Consul to the Bahamas has been fired with immediate effect due to a purported video of the consular indecently exposing himself. Eyewitness News Bahamas reported that Haiti’s Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe and Minister of Foreign Affairs Claude Joseph wrote to Chatelier. They said, […]Read More
DAVID Patterson, general secretary of the Alliance for Change (AFC) in Guyana, has tendered his resignation as general secretary with immediate effect. He remains a member of the party. Starbroek News reported that the reason for the resignation was a split between A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the AFC over the […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow AN independent review team organised by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is expected to take on the task of reviewing the examination results complaints submitted to CXC. This was stated by chairman of CXC Sir Hilary Beckles in a press release issued on Monday. Beckles said, “It was anticipated that […]Read More