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CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
monument.
Nandlall said the actions follow a
request by Rodney’s family, his wife and
children and brother, to bring a level of
closure.
He said although
“this son of Guyana”
was known and respected
throughout the
world for his academic
accomplishments, scholarship and
activism, his death certificate described
him as “unemployed”.
The 38-year-old Rodney was killed
on June 13, 1980, by a bomb that had
been placed in his car. His brother,
Donald Rodney, who was injured in the
explosion, said that a sergeant in the
Guyana Defense Force, named Gregory
Smith had given Walter the bomb that
killed him.
After the killing, Smith fled to French
Guiana where he died in 2002.
In April this year, the Court of Appeal
set aside the conviction that linked
Donald Rodney, 69, to the assassination
of his brother.
The Court of Appeal also set aside the
18-month conviction for possession of
explosives against Rodney.
Nandlall told the National Assembly
one of the greatest tragedies from Rodney’s
death is the loss of his scholarship
to the people of Guyana.
TRINIDAD
Majority-owned Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean Airlines Ltd. (CAL) intends
to cut 450 jobs, about 25 percent of its
staff, reduce its fleet and its routes, the
airline announced last week.
With the pandemic entering its 17th
month, this is the second adjustment
the airline has had to make as its earnings
have been steadily eroded.
For the first quarter of 2021, CAL
recorded a loss of US $24.7 million.
The loss represents a 75 percent decline
in revenue to the same
period in 2020.
In 2020, the airline
posted an operating loss
of US $109. 2 million
when compared to operating profits for
2018 and 2019.
The airline has seen passenger numbers
plummeted and flight numbers
reduced to less than 10 percent of
normal operations, CAL said in a statement.
Despite this, the airline continued
to offer services on many of its routes
and provided invaluable repatriation for
Caribbean citizens given the financial
impact of COVID-19, it said.
The airline said it “has determined
that 25 percent of its workforce or about
450 positions throughout its network is
surplus to its current needs.”
— Compiled by Azad Ali
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