Last Updated on Friday, 14 November 2014, 21:18 by GxMedia The Speaker of Guyana’s National Assembly, Raphael Trotman today asked the Commonwealth Secretariat to intervene in that country’s political impasse that has deepened since the Parliament was prorogued earlier this week. President Donald Ramotar’s prorogation of the Parliament to avoid a no-confidence motion being debated and approved by the opposition-controlled ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 November 2014, 11:28 by GxMedia The former General Secretary of Grenada’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter David has been appointed Senator by Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell. Veteran trade unionist, Chester Humphrey has been also appointed Senator and he is tipped to become President of that arm of the legislature. “The appointment of brother ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 November 2014, 21:48 by GxMedia Washington, Nov 13 (EFE).- U.S. President Barack Obama plans to announce next week a package of executive measures that will protect some five million undocumented immigrants from deportation, The New York Times reported Thursday.The influential daily is the second media outlet to report that Obama will make an announcement on ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 November 2014, 21:41 by GxMedia A team of archaeologists have discovered the bones of two babies in Alaska who were buried around 11,500 years ago during the glaciation of the last Ice Age, local media reported Tuesday. This makes them the youngest human remains ever traced to North America’s earliest inhabitants. The discovery took place ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 November 2014, 21:39 by GxMedia Tokyo, Nov 13 (EFE).- Toyota will recall some 362,000 vehicles worldwide of seven of its models including passenger cars, vans and trucks on account of technical glitches, the Japanese car maker told Efe Thursday. Leading the recalls is the Camry sedan which is manufactured by Toyota and sold in the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 November 2014, 21:36 by GxMedia San Juan, Nov 13 (EFE).- The U.S. assistant secretary of state of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs travels Thursday to theBahamasfor talks on counternarcotics cooperation. During his visit, William Brownfield will also meet with representatives of the neighboring British overseas territory of Turks and Caicos, the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 November 2014, 21:33 by GxMedia Rio de Janeiro, Nov 13 (EFE).- Brazil’s underground economy will shrink slightly this year to 16.2 percent of gross domestic product, down from 16.3 percent in 2013, according to a study released by the Getulio Vargas Foundation, or FGV, a private higher education institution. Economic activities that are not legally ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 November 2014, 21:31 by GxMedia By Natalia Bonilla. San Juan, Nov 13 (EFE).- The warm waters off the Bahamas are home to a collection of large-scale underwater sculptures, including one considered the world’s largest that rises nearly 18 feet from the seafloor and is designed to help protect and preserve natural coral reefs of this ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 November 2014, 21:28 by GxMedia Havana, Nov 13 (EFE).- Cuba’s central bank has extended 3.23 billion pesos ($135 million) in personal loans since lending to individuals began in December 2011, Communist Party daily Granma said Thursday. The total of borrowers stood at 378,011 as of Sept. 30, Granma said, citing bank Vice President Francisco Mayobre. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 November 2014, 21:23 by GxMedia The Alliance For Change (AFC) says that it will not approve Guyana’s 2015 National Budget even if it contains hefty salary increases for government employees. AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan told a news conference that his party, which holds seven seats in the National Assembly, will instead re-table the no-confidence motion ...