San Juan, Nov 17 (EFE).- The proportion of Trinidad and Tobago primary school students who are obese or overweight has doubled in the past decade, Health Minister Fuad Khan said Monday. The ministry collected data on the body mass index of 5,305 students in 27 primary and 14 secondary schools. The study revealed that 24 percent of children between ages ...

Caracas, (EFE).- The Venezuelan Supreme Court, or TSJ, has authorized the extradition request for Leiver Padilla Mendoza, suspected of assassinating Chavista lawmaker Robert Serra and his assistant, and who was arrested in Colombia last Nov. 2. The TSJ announced Friday in a communique that it had “declared applicable the request to the Republic of Colombia for the extradition of Leiver ...

MOSCOW, Nov 17 (EFE).- Russia closed a deal withVenezuela Monday to purchase 1.6 million tons of oil and nine tons of petrolueum derivates from the Latin American country over the next five years. The agreement was between Russia’s government-owned Rosneft oil company and its Venezuelan counterpart, PDVSA. Present at Monday’s signing ceremony was Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez, who arrived last ...

Guyanese authorities say they have seized a large sum of foreign currency from a Bulgarian man under the Anti Money Laundering and Countering of Financing Terrorism legislation. Agents of Guyana’s Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force said they seized US$45,630 and 740 Euros that were found in a suitcase allegedly belonging to the Bulgarian. Head of the ...

Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a major drug seizure that has left three Grand Bahamian males in custody. Bahamian police say that about 5 O’clock Sunday morning, officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit acting on information and armed with a search warrant proceeded to a residence in the Arden Forrest. Investigators say that there discovered 113 crocus bags of ...

Britain believes that Guyana should try to solve its own political impasse before seeking external assistance. While the combined opposition has largely resisted calls by the President Donald Ramotar administration for talks on major issues that triggered the no-confidence motion and subsequent suspension of Parliament, the Alliance For Change (AFC) believes that there is room for international mediation. You can ...

British High Commissioner to Guyana, Andrew Ayre on Monday called for the swift resumption of Parliament, one week after President Donald Ramotar suspended (prorogued) the law-making body to avoid a no-confidence vote against his administration. “The central message is absolutely clear: Parliament should re-sit in Guyana and get on with the business of taking this country forward,” he said, adding ...

Two girls perished in an early Monday morning fire in Guyana’s capital, Georgetown widely believed to be the work of arsonists. The fire began shortly after 2 am at the building located on the southwestern side of Robb and King Streets. The names of the girls, ages between 11 and 15 years, were given as Theresa Rosario and Clarissa Rosario. ...

A narrow fissure Saturday night appeared to have developed in the opposition’s hard-line position that there would be no talks with government unless President Donald Ramotar revokes the suspension of the Parliament. Joining with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) at anti parliamentary prorogation rally at the Square of the Revolution, the Alliance For Change (AFC) called on the international ...

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 National Assembly has widened the rift. While the President told ...