In the coming days a new airline is likely to formally offer it’s services to Guyana under an official designation. Air One  as it is currently known will offer services to Caribbean destinations from port Guyana at a rate lower than other airlines. Passengers have often complained about the high rates and poor services by other carriers which because of no competition kept the high charges. Now with the possibility of Air One taking flight from Guyana, it is expected that more people will travel across the Caribbean on a frequent basis, particularly those on business.

Foreign Affairs Minister Surujrattan Rambachan is questioning the role, function and relevance of Caricom.

Rambachan says many of the region’s citizens are of the view that Caricom is just a mere talk-tent between regional leaders and technocrats without any real action.

Rambachan made the comments during the launch of a book on Caricom at the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies last night.

President of the Route 2 Maxi Taxi Association, Linus Phillips, is slamming the government’s proposal to allow the public access to the Priority Bus Route permanently.

Cabinet has approved the extension of the three-month trial of public use of the PBR by an additional three-month period ending on December 31. Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner yesterday told of the possibility of the PBR being accessible permanently to the public.

 As detectives investigate numerous leads and theories that may have resulted in the barbaric murder of 16 year old Neesa Gopaul, Civil society is becoming worried with each passing day about the sick nature of people and the extent they can go to. On Regent St. it was the talk of the town, a young QC student beheaded and her body stashed in a suitcase. Were the killer(s) on drugs, was one of many questions. This incident is much like the beheading of popular businessman Kalamadeen a few years back.

Portion of the Railway Embankment Road along Foulis on the Eastern Corridor, caved in Sunday, leaving a size-able crater  in the middle. Drivers plying the route were concerned that they have been driving with imminent danger beneath them. The death trap which is about  6 feet in depth exposed substandard work and judging from the thickness seen, it was inevitable to cave in. In the past, concerns were raised about the quality of construction being carried out on the roadways, particularly the railway embankment, which often deteriorates under pressure.