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“We couldn’t be more pleased that Frontier continues to expand the number of gateways from which they provide non-stop service to Jamaica,” said the Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica. “The early March service launch from Cleveland is ideally timed to capture the second half of our peak winter season. Therefore, these new flights can only add to the record-breaking arrivals we are already expecting for the period.”
First Non-Stop Service to Jamaica From Cleveland
This will be the only non-stop service to Jamaica from the Cleveland market, opening more of the important Midwestern U.S. market to the destination. Further, this service complements Frontier’s existing service to Jamaica from Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia and St. Louis, increasing the carrier’s total number of non-stop gateways serving the island to seven.
“It is very gratifying to receive this new service from Frontier, a valued airline partner responsible for carrying a significant number of visitors to our shores and one that has continued to seek out opportunities to fly to Jamaica from various key U.S. cities,” said Donovan White, Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board. “We look forward to welcoming passengers flying on this new service from Cleveland and continuing to grow arrivals to the destination.”
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For the second year in a row, Jamaican media star Julie Mango was voted the Jamaican Social Media Personality of the Year in the Best of Jamaica survey conducted annually by the media platform, Jamaicans.com.
Early life and Inspirations
Social media personality Julie Mange was born Juliet Bodley in Clarendon, Jamaica. She has been known by the nickname her father gave her since she was eight years old. She earned the nickname because she used to eat a lot of Julie mangoes. She moved to Manchester when she was 11 years old and attended Manchester High School where she was a Cadet Girl and known for her performances with the school’s drama club. She says that love of the performing arts was instilled in her throughout her childhood and teen years, and she said she takes inspiration from her father and uncle who told stories in Jamaican Patois. In addition to providing an audience for the conversations between her father Basil Bodley and Uncle Hugh Bodley, which taught her Patois and the basics of storytelling, she cites her drama teacher, Ms. Juliet Colie, who supported her efforts and sharpened her skills.
Passion For Performing Arts
At age 19, she earned a private pilot’s license in Jamaica only to realize that she wasn’t interested in pursuing a career as a pilot. Taking a different tack, she studied structural engineering at the University of Technology and became a professional engineer. She went on to earn a master’s degree in engineering management at Florida International University and returned to Jamaica for a time before working overseas. Throughout her career in engineering, her love for the performing arts never left her, and she realized she had a natural talent for entertaining people.
Open About Mental Health Challenges
While she pursued her engineering career along with her performing arts hobby, Julie Mango experienced mental health challenges that led her to become an advocate for better approaches to mental health treatment. She openly discussed her challenges on Instagram – she was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder at age 21 and made it her goal to remove the stigma associated with mental illness. Her work with the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF) exacerbated her mental problems, and she spent time in Ward 21, the psychiatric ward at the University of West Indies Hospital, which strengthened her desire to improve treatment of the mentally ill. She believes that her life experience only enhances her talent as a performer and that she gives people the tools to face their problems and overcome them.
TikTok Success and Current Activity
During the COVID-19 pandemic, she was working from home and found herself with nothing to do in the evenings, so she decided to post a video on TikTok. It was called, “How Jamaicans Give Praise vs. How Americans Give Praise,” and it went viral. She never expected anyone to even see it when she posted, but its popularity with TikTok viewers led her to produce content every weekday, and as she says, “The rest is history.” Her content centers on skits about the people and culture of Jamaica, which she also posts to Instagram, and she has a large online following.
Current Activities
Julie Mango has many talents. She continues to create her social media offerings, and she is a Certified Life Coach and a popular public speaker. She is hoping to make a career as an actor and move on to “the big screen.” She has filmed a pilot for The Julie Mango Sketch Comedy Show and continues to have serious goals. She also plans to author her own story, describing the many ways she defied the odds and overcame obstacles to become the success she is today.
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[BBC] – The UK is preparing to send a warship to Guyana in a show of diplomatic and military support for the former British colony, the BBC has learned.
It comes after neighbouring Venezuela renewed its claim for a disputed part of Guyanese territory that is rich in oil and minerals.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed HMS Trent would take part in joint exercises after Christmas.
Guyana, a Commonwealth member, is South America’s only English-speaking nation.
HMS Trent – an offshore patrol vessel – had been deployed to the Caribbean to search for drug smugglers but was re-tasked after Venezuela’s government threatened to annex the Essequibo region of Guyana earlier this month.
This raised fears that Venezuela might invade and spark the first interstate war in South America since the Falklands Conflict in 1982.
Venezuela has long claimed ownership of Essequibo, a 61,000 square mile region which comprises about two-thirds of Guyana.
Its hills and jungles are rich in gold, diamonds and bauxite, while huge oil deposits have been found off its coast.
While Guyana’s economy is growing fast, Venezuela’s is suffering.
Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela, staged a referendum on 3 December to assert popular support for his country’s claim to Essequibo.
The result was widely challenged and disputed but he nonetheless published new maps and legislation showing Essequibo as part of Venezuela, named a new governor and offered identity cards to those living in the sparsely populated region.
He has also ordered the state oil company to issue extraction licences.
Mr Maduro has subsequently met Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali, and agreed not to use force, but he has maintained his territorial claim and both sides are still at odds over how the border dispute could be settled legally.
This week the Lloyd’s insurance market in London added Guyana to its list of riskiest shipping zones.
A Ministry of Defence spokesperson told the BBC: “HMS Trent will visit regional ally and Commonwealth partner Guyana later this month as part of a series of engagements in the region during her Atlantic Patrol Task deployment.”
HMS Trent has a crew of 65, a top speed of 24 knots and a range of 5,000 nautical miles.
It is armed with 30mm canon and a contingent of Royal Marines. It can also deploy Merlin helicopters and unmanned aircraft.
HMS Trent left its home port of Gibraltar in early December and is currently alongside in Bridgetown, Barbados for Christmas.
The warship is expected to anchor off the capital of Guyana, Georgetown, and conduct visits, joint activities and training with the country’s navy and other allies. It cannot go alongside because the port is too shallow.
The vessel is mainly used for tackling piracy and smuggling, protecting fisheries, counterterrorism, providing humanitarian aid, and search and rescue operations, but the Royal Navy says it is also designed for border patrols and defence diplomacy.
The decision to send HMS Trent to Guyana is part of a growing UK effort to show international diplomatic support for Guyana.
This week the Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said the UK would “continue to work with partners in the region to ensure the territorial integrity of Guyana is upheld and prevent escalation”.
David Rutley, the Foreign Office Minister for the Americas, visited Georgetown on 18 December, the first G7 representative to do so since Venezuela renewed its claim.
He promised Guyana the UK’s “unequivocal backing” and welcomed Venezuela’s promise to avoid using force.
Mr Rutley continued: “The border issue has been settled for over 120 years. Sovereign borders must be respected wherever they are in the world.
“The UK will continue to work with partners in the region, as well as through international bodies, to ensure the territorial integrity of Guyana is upheld.”
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister, Yvan Gil, criticised the visit, accusing the UK of destabilising the region.
In a post on X – formerly Twitter – he said: “The former invading and enslaving empire, which illegally occupied the territory of Guayana Esequiba and acted in a skilful and sneaky manner against the interests of Venezuela, insists on intervening in a territorial controversy that they themselves generated.”
Venezuela disputes the border which was established under an international agreement in 1899.
Guyana was formerly known as British Guiana before it secured its independence in 1966.
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) closed off 2023 with thirty (30) new certifications under its Bed and Breakfast, Made in Guyana, Laboratory and Product Certification programmes, to promote quality in the local manufacturing and services sectors. Recently, the final two certifications were awarded to Atlantic Suites Luxury Apartments under the Bed and Breakfast Certification programme and Fresh Packagers under the Permit to use the Made in Guyana Certification Mark programme.
Atlantic Suites Luxury Apartments located at Lot 30 Henrietta Public Road, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam) was certified on Thursday, December 21, 2023, as a Category A Bed and Breakfast (B&B) provider after fulfilling the requirements of the Guyana Standard GYS 514: 2016 (Amd. 1 2022) “Requirements for bed and breakfast facilities.” The certificate was handed over to Manager of the facility, Sharay McKenzie by GNBS Technical Officer, Latchman Mootoosammi.
Manager of Atlantic Suites Luxury Apartments, Sharay McKenzie receiving her certificate from GNBS Technical Officer, Latchman MootoosammiDuring a simple ceremony at the facility, McKenzie expressed gratitude to the GNBS team for working with the management of the business to meet the requirements of the standard. She explained that the facility has two fully furnished two-bedroom apartments for short-term and long-term rental and is currently working on three others. In accordance with the standard, the apartments are equipped with fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, blackout curtains, distilled water and other necessities. There is also convenient parking, security, a caretaker and provisions for pest control.
Meanwhile, the GNBS certified Fresh Packagers of Lot 06 First Street, Kaneville Grove, East Bank Demerara on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, to use the Made in Guyana Standards Mark on their locally manufactured packaged products. These products include Fresh Packagers’ Geerah, Ground Mix Massala, Achar Massala and Black Pepper, Chinese Spice, Ginger Powder, Cinnamon (Ground and Stick), Clove (Ground and Stick), Nutmeg (Ground and Stick), Ground Turmeric, Barley (Ground and Whole), Plantain Flour, Split Peas Flour, Sago (Whole), Hot Sauce, Chinese Sauces and Mango Achar. Proprietress of the company, Sursattie Paul was elated to achieve this milestone. She said: “I am honoured and overwhelmed by this presentation. I have waited very long, and this is long over-due, I cannot describe how happy I am.”
(L-R) Owners of Fresh Packagers, Radesh Paul and his mother Sursattie Paul receive the certificate from GNBS Technical Officer Yan Yi Zhu and Head of Certification Keon RankinThe certificate was handed over in the boardroom of the GNBS Head Office, National Exhibition Complex, Sophia, Georgetown by GNBS Technical Officer, Yan Yi Zhu and GNBS Head of Certification Services, Keon Rankin, who extended congratulations to the recipients and urged them to work towards maintaining the requirements of the certification programme and pursuing continuous improvement.
The certifications are valid for one year pending renewal. Several companies were recertified in 2023 with companies such as Sterling Products Limited and Roopan Ramotar Investment receiving their certificates this week under the Made in Guyana Programme.
Through its Laboratory Certification Programme, the GNBS certified nine new laboratories to the National Standard GYS 170 “General requirements for the operation of a laboratory,” while two hollow blocks manufacturers and one new gold jeweller were certified under the Product Certification Scheme.
To learn more about the GNBS certification and other programmes, please visit the gnbsgy.org website or contact GNBS on telephone numbers: 219-0064-66, the GNBS hotline number 219-0069 or WhatsApp us on 692-4627. (DPI)
Over 1,600 persons have been instructed in various facets of information and communications technology (ICT) this year through the Office of the Prime Minister’s Industry and Innovations Unit.
This includes basic community-level ICT training, which has been conducted in regions two, three, four, five, six, and ten, the Hinterland Train the Trainers initiative, ICT innovation Camps, Guyanese Girls Code and Computer Literacy Skills training for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Recognising that ICT forms an integral part of everyday life on a global scale, the unit consistently innovates platforms and programmes meant to strengthen its usage to contribute to Guyana’s socioeconomic development.
In the first half of the year, the government invested a total of $1.6 billion for the advancement of the ICT sector.
This amount encompassed several other flagship initiatives, such as the implementation of the national electronic identification system, and the Guyana Coders Initiative, in partnership with the United Arab Emirates.
Additionally, with the necessary training, the government has also prioritised the building of resilient infrastructure to support the expansion of internet access.
The ICT Access and E-Services for Hinterland, Poor & Remote Communities Project continues to live up to its mandate of providing ICT access and electronic services to these communities, throughout the country.
ICT hubs are being erected in every region, complete with photovoltaic equipment. Additionally, the project sees the training of local residents, to manage these hubs.
The Project has this year completed 110 ICT hubs in the ten administrative regions.
Of the 110, 98 hubs have been operationalised. (DPI)
Seven persons including the homeowner are homeless for the holiday after a fire destroyed a property at Lot 480, ‘B’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown in the wee hours of Saturday.
The Guyana Fire Service said they were alerted to the fire just after 04:00 hrs and responded with several tenders, an ambulance and 18 firefighters.
The two-storey wooden and concrete building is owned by 59-year-old Elroy Trotman.
The first floor of the building was occupied by the owner and his family of four, while the ground floor was occupied by 42-year-old Shabana Jamboo and 47-year-old Rickford Tobin.
As a result of the fire, the building and its contents were destroyed, leaving all seven occupants homeless.
Additionally, two houses and three vehicles near the building of origin were damaged due to radiated heat from the building of origin.
The fire started after faulty electrical wiring overheated, which led to a breakdown of the installation, resulting in arcing and sparking and the subsequent ignition of nearby combustible material, the Guyana Fire Service said.
The Guyana Fire Service is urging citizens to be vigilant and practice fire safety and prevention during the holiday season.
Keep an eye on electrical connections and appliances, and avoid overloading electrical outlets.
Ensure homes are equipped with fire extinguishers and smoke detectors.
Remember to report all fires as soon as they occur by calling 912.
