Guyana: Cocaine vessel to be sent to US for forensic tests
The semi-submersible vessel shortly before it was placed on a ship to the United States (US).The self-propelled semi-submersible vessel, built ...
Back-pay for public servants, security forces, some teachers
The Guyana government announced salary increases of between five and eight percent for public servants and the security services but ...
GUYANA: Caricom considering opposition’s request for intervention in political impasse
In this Government Information Agency (GINA) photo, President Donald Ramotar being escorted into Kurukubaru in the North Pakaraimas by a ...
Caribbean Public Health Agency aims to reduce child obesity by 2025
San Juan, (EFE).- The Caribbean Public Health Agency, or CARPHA, published a Plan of Action for Promoting Healthy Weights: 2014 - 2019, ...
Several protesting Venezuela prison inmates die of drug poisoning
CARACAS, Venezuela - At least 13 hunger striking inmates at an overcrowded prison in Venezuela have died after they allegedly ...
Brazil awards contracts totaling 5 GW in power-plant auction
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 28 (EFE).- Brazil's government on Friday awarded contracts for 51 power plants that will have a ...
U.K. Premier seeks to limit social benefits to control immigration
British Prime Minister David CameronLondon, Nov 28 (EFE).- British Prime Minister David Cameron proposed Friday giving European Union, E.U., citizens ...
Ebola virus detected in semen three months after symptoms end
Geneva, Nov 28 (EFE).- The World Health Organization, WHO, warned on Friday that the semen of men recovering from Ebola ...
Caribbean News Desk radio prog: Guyana’s opposition calls on Caricom to intervene in political impasse
Opposition Leader David GrangerGuyana’s Opposition Leader, David Granger has asked the 15-nation Caricom or Caribbean Community (Caricom) to intervene in ...
Venezuelan foreign minister: OPEC agreed “to reduce overproduction”
Caracas, Nov 27 (EFE).- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez said that at the OPEC meeting held Thursday in Austria the ...
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