Trans Guyana operating repatriation flights to and from Barbados UG childhood education project soon to enter construction phase
Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) has been granted approval to operate two additional repatriation flights between Guyana and Barbados over the next two weeks.
In a notice posted on the domestic airline’s Facebook page, it was announced that the flights are scheduled for September 9 and 16.
The flights are scheduled to depart Guyana from the Eugene F. Correia International Airport at 11.45 am and depart Barbados at 3.00 pm.
According to the Trans Guyana Airways notice, the flights departing Guyana also offer connections to the United Kingdom and Canada via Barbados.
Interested persons are asked to contact the company’s offices on telephone number 222-2525. The airline’s website does not provide any information on the repatriation flights.
Spokesman for the airline, Kit Nascimento, on Thursday told Stabroek News that the flights are not scheduled and are based on approval by the Guyana and Barbados Civil Aviation Authorities.
Nascimento explained that all passengers are required to produce a negative PCR COVID-19 test as a part of the protocols outlined by the aviation authorities.
However, according to Barbadian regulations, citizens and permanent residents may enter without producing the results of a COVID-19 test but will be subjected to a testing upon arrival. They will also be required to go into isolation until the results of their tests are returned.
The Barbados Nation on Thursday reported that a 53-year-old Guyanese woman became the 177th person to be diagnosed with COVID-19 in Barbados.
She arrived on Trans Guyana Airways on September 1, and has been transferred to the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy.
Nascimento maintained that the airline adheres to all COVID-19 protocols and regulations implemented by both countries to ensure all passengers remain safe at all times.
The Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) is looking for bidders to construct a research facility at the University of Guyana (UG).
The project manager at the BNTF, Dikedemma Utoh, recently detailed the current plans regarding the Early Childhood Centre of Excellence (ECCE) project. The project is said to be of benefit to both students and staff of the University since it will the first laboratory and research facility built for an early learners programme at the institution.
This programme is being spearheaded by the University of the West Indies in an effort to strengthen access to education in the country.
The criteria to be a part of the programme will be decided on by UG’s board, which is slated to be the operator of the programme, after the construction is completed.
Utoh said that currently the BNTF is advertising for bids for the project which falls under that BNTF Implementing Agency’s (IA) 9th project. It is a sub-project that is being financed by the Caribbean Development Bank. The CDB recently funded $1.4 billion for the BNTF for its ninth project cycle. Bidding for this project closed on August 19 and construction should start by early October at the latest. Construction is expected to be completed within ten months to a year.