Entries for 11 August 2020
Keith Rowley’s PNM wins Trinidad and Tobago 2020 Elections – UPDATED
- Keith Rowley claims victory in Trinidad elections
- Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissssar wants recount in three close ridings.
Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has claimed victory in the country’s elections.
Trinidad and Tobago hosted their elections today – (August 10, 2020) – and the winner was confirmed some five hours after the close of polls.
According to the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) more than 1.1 million people are eligible to vote in this year’s election. Continue reading →
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GUYANA: Office of the President to have oversight of finance; natural resources
By Stabroek News – August 10, 2020
The Cabinet appointments made by the President Infaan Ali did not include a Minister of Finance. It also did not assign any ministerial responsibilities to the Prime Minister.
In response to several queries, the media corps and, by extension, the general public, is being advised that the Office of the President will have oversight for the areas of Finance and Natural Resources. Continue reading →
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TRAVEL: GCAA publishes schedule of repatriation flights to Guyana from USA
August 10, 2020 – inewsguyana.com
Eastern Airlines
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has published the schedule for repatriation flights to Guyana from the United States.
Over the next three weeks, US-based Eastern Airlines will operate six repatriation flights from Miami and New York.
According to GCAA’s published schedule, the flights will be conducted on August 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26.
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VENEZUELA: How COVID-19… or Something Like It… Killed Pablo – opinion
The names and locations of this story have been changed to protect the victims. The rest, the dollarized everything, the wrecked hospital, the overcrowded morgue, the corrupt funeral home, is all real
Kaoru Yonekura | Caracas Chronicles
It happened just after midnight on Tuesday, June 16th: Pablo died without coughing, his chest choked with fear. To avoid pain, he’d cough while sleeping knowing, perhaps, that he couldn’t live like that anymore. He could’ve died of COVID-19 the same way, at least, four people did in the previous hours. It was never confirmed: Continue reading →
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HISTORY: An 11-year-old girl researches the assasination of Edwin Pratt… and acts on it
The EDWIN PRATT Early Learning Center in Washington State becomes a reality.
What an amazing thing for this young girl to accomplish.Share this:
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