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EZjet airline is set to stun passengers for Christmas with its surprise promotions, acting Chief Executive Officer Rosalinda Rasul said. The airline also started selling passes for its “All You Can fly” promotion whereby passengers can fly all month for one low fare. “Every passenger is going to get a gift (this Christmas); every single passenger and it’s going to be a gift that is so unique. You don’t have to do anything, just come and buy your ticket and you will get that gift – it’s a stunner,” an…

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Former President of Guyana, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, was on Tuesday elected as the first president of the Assembly of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). The election took place in Seoul, Korea where the ceremonies establishing the GGGI as an international organisation took place. GGGI was established to help shift the global model of development by drawing on working examples of green growth and low carbon development. At a Seoul press conference on the day of his election as president of the Assembly, Jagdeo said: “Most countries recognise the need…

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EZjet founder Sonny Ramdeo has stepped down from his post as Chief Executive Officer to remove any doubt about the “viability” of the airline in the wake of a lawsuit by his former employer accusing him of embezzlement. A statement from the airline on Thursday quoted Ramdeo as saying “since my former bosses are themselves in court over diversion of over $550 million dollars of company funds, they elected to claim ignorance and innocence when it came to coming clean about the investment. Instead, they alleged that I diverted funds…

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A Queens district leader and two-time candidate for the City Council surrendered to federal authorities Wednesday morning to face corruption charges, including mail fraud conspiracy and obstruction of justice, stemming from what prosecutors said were campaign finance improprieties. The district leader is believed to be affiliated with the New York arm of the Alliance For Change (AFC) and has reportedly hosted events in the U.S. in support of the party. According to a New York Times report, the district leader, Guyanese, Albert J Baldeo, a Democrat, is accused of using…

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Speaker Raphael Trotman on Monday ruled against government’s bid to have the business of Parliament suspended to facilitate a debate in the National Assembly, on the recent mayhem at Agricola, Greater Georgetown. The Speaker said while he has noted that the issue is one of national importance, he does not see it as an urgent matter, alluding to the fact that a similar request was turned down by his predecessor, Ralph Ramkarran. “Given the gravity of this situation–it is a matter of public importance in my view–but I do not…

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By Michael Younge Senior government minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy is warning Guyanese to take note of the slowly unfolding plot of the opposition political parties to make Guyana ungovernable under the ruling party, while simultaneously seeking to “grab power to become government through the backdoor”. Dr Ramsammy was at the time speaking during an exclusive interview with Guyana Times International Monday evening as he expressed grave concern over the continued spate of terror at Agricola, Greater Georgetown. Ramsammy said that the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the A Partnership for…

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A 12-man team from Japan’s Information Center for Petroleum Exploration and Production (ICEP) is on a two-day research mission to explore oil and gas investment opportunities in Guyana. The purpose of the mission is to provide the information gathered to the 29 ICEP member companies seeking viable opportunities for funding investments in the sector. The team met with Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud on Monday, who gave his commitment to work with the mission. “They will be having a technical workshop with our technical staff going through the…

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Donna Williams, 51, of 300S 12th Street, Newark, New Jersey, USA, who was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport last week Wednesday with cocaine packages in her vagina was on Friday sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. She appeared before Magistrate Leslie Sobers at the Providence Magistrate’s Court. Williams pleaded guilty to the charge, which stated that on Wednesday, October 9 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, she had 180 grams of cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking. Williams was nabbed as she was about to…

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