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Havana, Nov 26 (EFE).- Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo culiminated his first official visit toCubawithout meeting President Raul Castro but with a message about the need for speedier economic reforms and the situation of political prisoners in the country. Although not on the official agenda, it was assumed that Castro would receive the Spanish minister who in the end ...

Several Guyanese from Indigenous Amerindian communities have complained that they were trafficked to neighbouring Suriname to work under harsh conditions. Guyanese police said the men were recruited to work on farms in the Dutch-speaking country. Investigators said the five undocumented Guyanese received limited food and were required to work for long hours without being paid. The victims have identified the ...

A privately-owned executive jet service, whose Guyanese owner has been arrested in Puerto Rico allegedly with US$620,000 in his possession, has been used by Former President Bharrat Jagdeo and his successor, Donald Ramotar, according to well-placed sources. The owner, Khamraj Lall, was arrested in Puerto Rico on November 22 after US$600,000 was sniffed out by dogs that were taken aboard ...

A Guyanese man was arrested this weekend for traveling on a plane over US$ 600,000 in cash hidden in plastic bags. The large sum of money was allegedly not reported to federal authorities, but a dog handled by agents in the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport detected the cash stashed on the aircraft. The detainee, Khamraj Lall, was the passenger ...

Workers at the Chinese-owned BOSAI Minerals Limited bauxite plant at Linden on Tuesday continued to down tools and stayed off the job to press demands for higher salaries, according to well-placed sources. Preliminary information reaching Caribbean News Desk is that the company is offering a six percent hike in salaries, but the workers are demanding around seven to eight percent. ...

Madrid, Nov 25 (EFE).- Facebook launched on Tuesday a new chatting application worldwide called “Rooms” which simulates traditional internet chatting rooms, enabling users to chat with strangers on specific topics.“Rooms”, which has been active in the United States since last October, will be available in Spanish, French and German, in addition to English, for devices that operate iOS software, and ...

Montevideo, Nov 25 (EFE).- The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean must update and modernize legislation on ports to deal with the changes in the maritime transportation industry over the past two decades, experts from 18 countries in the region said.This was one of the main issues debated by experts attending the first hemispheric seminar on port legislation, which ...

San Juan, Nov 25 (EFE).- Puerto Rican authorities will establish a multisector commission to prevent and attend to gender violence, which so far this year has taken the lives of 17 women on the island, Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla announced Tuesday.On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Garcia Padilla said that the commission will meet monthly ...

San Juan, Nov 25 (EFE).- With the likelihood of an early poll, Guyana’s ruling PPP/C is holding talks about presidential nominations and said Tuesday that its only candidate for the position of president is incumbent Donald Ramotar.“President Ramotar obviously is candidate for the time being … there are no other names there,” PPP/C general secretary Clement Rohee said.Rohee told reporters ...

San Juan, Nov 25 (EFE).- The Bahamas government expects to start in 2016 the implementation of the National Health Insurance program, first approved in 2006, to ensure universal access to medical services at lower cost. In an event to celebrate the retirement of a group of health workers in Grand Bahama on Monday, the minister of Labor and National Insurance, ...