From Sat­ur­day, Caribbean Air­lines will of­fer more op­tions to Guyana with the start of week­ly re­gion­al flights be­tween Eu­gene F. Cor­reia In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port (Ogle, George­town) and Grant­ley Adams In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port, Bar­ba­dos.

The Ju­di­cia­ry has amend­ed its pol­i­cy dur­ing the on­go­ing COVID-19 pan­dem­ic to al­low for in-per­son hear­ings in lim­it­ed cir­cum­stances. 

On­line fraud­sters have man­aged to fleece des­per­ate Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) ap­pli­cants of $48,000 in the last month.

The So­cial De­vel­op­ment Min­istry is launch­ing a com­mu­ni­ty First Re­spon­ders’ sys­tem to en­sure com­mu­ni­ties have ded­i­cat­ed groups of peo­ple tak­ing care of each oth­er in emer­gen­cies from nat­ur­al dis­as­ters and be­reave­ment to re­trench­ment.

With just two weeks to go be­fore Di­vali on No­vem­ber 14, the Sanatan Dhar­ma Ma­ha Sab­ha (SDMS) says it was very hap­py with the prime min­is­ter’s de­ci­sion to al­low places of wor­ship to open for one-hour ser­vices with 50 per cent of their con­gre­ga­tions.

One more per­son has died from COVID-19, the Min­istry of Health con­firmed in its dai­ly up­date yes­ter­day.

As the beach­es re­opened for the first time in two months, sev­er­al fam­i­lies ven­tured out, ex­press­ing joy over the re­open­ing.

There was no ma­jor rush to the gyms yes­ter­day, but there was a sense of re­lief for both em­ploy­ees and pa­trons alike that they were able to these var­i­ous fit­ness cen­tres were al­lowed to re­open.

The chair­man of the T&T Bev­er­age Al­co­hol Al­liance (TTBAA) says the sec­tor was ex­treme­ly dis­ap­point­ed with the de­ci­sion by Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley to con­tin­ue re­stric­tions on dine-in ser­vices at bars and restau­rants.

Two med­ical ex­perts be­lieve Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley’s hes­i­ta­tion to re­open rivers and ponds as well as re­sume in-house din­ing at restau­rants and bars may be war­rant­ed.

De­spite get­ting the all-clear to open, cin­e­mas across the coun­try re­mained closed yes­ter­day leav­ing many dis­ap­point­ed.

Pres­i­dent of Pub­lic Ser­vice As­so­ci­a­tion Wat­son Duke says that even with the prime min­is­ter’s call on for all pub­lic ser­vants to re­turn to work on Mon­day, some did not.