Guyana’s Opposition Leader, David Granger on Friday announced that he has called off talks with President Donald Ramotar on Local Government Elections. Those polls have not been held since 1994 because of delays in local government legislative reforms and more recently government’s reluctance to do so because it lost its parliamentary majority in the 2011 general election. Granger’s A Partnership ...

Havana, Oct 31 (EFE).- Specialists and government representatives from 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, have outlined a coordinated “action plan” to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the region. The summit that brought together 278 health specialists and officials of the Americas to the Cuban capital put together a road map for the ...

San Juan, Oct 31 (EFEUSA).- Puerto Rico’s government told the investment community that it plans to overhaul its revenue system and raise an excise tax on oil by 60 percent, as part of an effort to reduce a large debt burden and bolster an economy that has been stagnant for eight years. The announcement was made during a teleconference Thursday ...

The President and Chief Executive Officer of Massy Group, Gervase Warner says falling oil prices will not impact on his company and Trinidad and Tobago; at least, just not yet. The price of oil has fallen by 25 percent since June to about US$80 dollars per barrel- about the same figure to which Trinidad and Tobago’s budget is pegged. The ...

Washington, Oct 30 (EFE).- Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly acknowledged his homosexuality in an essay published Thursday in which he said he is “proud to be gay,” something that he considers to be “one of the greatest gifts” God has given him. “While I have never denied my sexuality, I haven’t publicly acknowledged it either, until now. So let me ...

Caracas, Oct 30 (EFE).- Ten people are in custody for the murder of a ruling-party lawmaker and his aide, Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega said Thursday. Arrest warrants remain outstanding for four other suspects, three of them foreign nationals, she said during her weekly program on public radio. All 14 individuals are charged with aggravated homicide in the deaths of ...

Brasilia, Oct 29 (EFE).- The decision by Brazil’s central bank to raise interest rates following President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election has taken the market by surprise. Interest rates were raised on Wednesday by a quarter percentage point from 11 percent, at which they have stood since April, to 11.25 percent. Brazil’s Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee, that meets every 45 days ...

The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Trinidad-based Massy group of companies, Gervase Warner has some harsh-words about the business-friendliness of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom). Warner says Caricom’s challenges for the region’s businesses include the absence of harmonized business regulations, reporting standards and other requirements. The CEO, who was in Guyana for the launch of the re-branded ...

The pilot and co-pilot of a cargo plane, contracted by Fedex, died when the aircraft plunged into the Caribbean Sea off  Dutch St. Maarten. Acting Director of the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard, Wendell Thode told Caribbean News Desk that the body of the 59-year old German pilot was recovered Wednesday night about four hours after the twin-engine SH-36 plane went ...

Trinidad and Tobago authorities have decided that Carnival 2015 will go ahead, despite concerns in some quarters about the deadly Ebola virus being imported to that twin-island nation during festivities Announcing that the annual calendar event will be held,the Chairman of the National Ebola Prevention and Response team, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier General Anthony Phillips- Spencer says the ...