Caribbean Airlines is advising that due to the winter storm affecting New York and its environs, the following Caribbean Airlines flights are cancelled.
.BW 016, January 05th from John F. Kennedy, New York, USA to Norman Manley International, Kingston, Jamaica
.BW 551, January 05th from John F. Kennedy, New York, USA to Piarco International Airport, Trinidad The following flights will operate delayed: ….

Can’t send home 4,000 without options
-Gov’t `scraping together’ $5b severance President of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce, Mohamad Raffik yesterday blasted the government for the retrenching of 4,000 sugar workers without there being an alternative for them.

Tiwarie sues over Sunset Lakes sale
Businessman Brian Tiwarie, former owner of housing project Sunset Lakes, is seeking damages in excess of $300 million for what he says is the unlawful transfer of the 100 acres of land valued at US$8 million by the Registrar of Lands to Precious Metal Mines.
CN Sharma, Kaieteur News to receive radio licences
The Guyana National Broad-casting Authority (GNBA) will this morning be issuing radio licences to several new applicants, including television broadcaster Chandra Narine Sharma and the Kaieteur News newspaper.
Colombians, Venezuelans among nine held after Waini cocaine bust
Nine persons are currently in the custody of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) following a huge cocaine bust in the Waini River over the weekend.

Uncle deemed fit to stand trial for toddler’s murder
Sherwin Roberts, the Sophia man charged with murdering his niece, was yesterday deemed fit to stand trial after an evaluation by psychiatrist Dr Bhiro Harry.