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The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) on Friday sided with the Guyana government in supporting the suspension of Parliament, amid a heated controversy between Guyana and the United Kingdom (UK) over the hiatus of the law-making body. “Ministers were satisfied that the prorogation of Parliament was in keeping with the provisions of the Guyana Constitution and did not constitute a breach ...

The University of Guyana’s (UG) trade unions are prepared to “take drastic steps, including shutting the university down,” following the collapse of salary negotiations with its administration and the “arbitrary” imposition of additional workload on staff by Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi. In response the unions have pulled its representatives from the university’s committees and boards and is holding a meeting on ...

By Emilio J. LopezMiami, Jan 16 (EFE).- The easing of U.S. restrictions on traveling to Cuba will boost Americans’ visits to the island and will have a “very positive impact” on bilateral relations, according to travel agencies and an expert in the field.“It seems to me completely positive” that the U.S. is taking steps to make travel to Cuba easier, ...

Caracas, Jan 16 (EFE).- The average price of Venezuela’s crude basket fell $3.25 this week to $39.19, continuing the downward trend that led President Nicolas Maduro to visit petroleum-producing countries and lobby for his plan to reverse the decline.“Crude prices this week continued to fall due to the outlook for a slowdown in global demand and signs of abundant supply ...

San Juan, Jan 16 (EFE).- Bermuda’s Premier Michael Dunkley announced a series of changes in his Cabinet as part of the government’s preparations to host the 2017 America’s Cup yacht race.Grant Gibbons will step down as minister of Education to concentrate on his responsibilities as minister for Economic Development, the government said Friday in a statement.Wayne Scott will be the ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) will continue its limited participation in the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry slated to resume on the 26th, even as the party’s Chairman, Basil Williams anticipates cross emanating Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee. This was the message Williams gave to the media during an A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) press brief Fridayduring which ...

Government says outgoing UK High Commissioner Andrew Ayre should be accorded the status of “pariah” for his recent comments on the ongoing prorogation of the Guyana Parliament. Additionally, the Foreign Affairs Ministry claims that Ayre mislead the public during his press conference on Tuesday when he said the non-resumption of Parliament since prorogued on November 10th “is a clear breach ...

Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett Thursday night said that the formalizing of the ‘back-track’ unofficial port at Skeldon, depended on moves by Suriname to do so at Nickerie on the eastern bank of the Corentyne River that borders the two countries. Addressing the formal opening of a Guyana-Suriname Trade Mission at the Princess Hotel, Providence, East Bank Demerara, she said ...

Even as representatives of the Guyana and Suriname governments prepare to hold talks in the coming days over that former Dutch colony’s new rules governing Guyanese minibuses, Georgetown already finds the new systems as humbugs to free movement The Foreign Ministry in Georgetown already said on Thursday that one of the new rules- the need for Guyanese buses to be ...

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee is slated to take the witness stand when the International Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the death of Walter Rodney reconvenes on January 26th, Attorney-at-Law Joseph Harmon says. During an interview with Caribbean News Desk today Harmon said thatCommission recently circulated notices advising the date for the next hearing and the names of three witnesses ...