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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 ...

The former General Secretary of Grenada’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter David has been appointed Senator by Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell. Veteran trade unionist, Chester Humphrey has been also appointed Senator and he is tipped to become President of that arm of the legislature. “The appointment of brother Humphrey is consistent to a long held policy of this ...

A team of archaeologists have discovered the bones of two babies in Alaska who were buried around 11,500 years ago during the glaciation of the last Ice Age, local media reported Tuesday. This makes them the youngest human remains ever traced to North America’s earliest inhabitants. The discovery took place in 2013 near the Tanana River in central Alaska but ...

Tokyo, Nov 13 (EFE).- Toyota will recall some 362,000 vehicles worldwide of seven of its models including passenger cars, vans and trucks on account of technical glitches, the Japanese car maker told Efe Thursday. Leading the recalls is the Camry sedan which is manufactured by Toyota and sold in the U.S. and other markets by its Daihatsu subsidiary under the ...

San Juan, Nov 13 (EFE).- The U.S. assistant secretary of state of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs travels Thursday to theBahamasfor talks on counternarcotics cooperation. During his visit, William Brownfield will also meet with representatives of the neighboring British overseas territory of Turks and Caicos, the State Department said. The U.S. Coast Guard and Drug Enforcement ...

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 13 (EFE).- Brazil’s underground economy will shrink slightly this year to 16.2 percent of gross domestic product, down from 16.3 percent in 2013, according to a study released by the Getulio Vargas Foundation, or FGV, a private higher education institution. Economic activities that are not legally recognized will amount to 833 billion reais (some $326.7 billion) ...

By Natalia Bonilla. San Juan, Nov 13 (EFE).- The warm waters off the Bahamas are home to a collection of large-scale underwater sculptures, including one considered the world’s largest that rises nearly 18 feet from the seafloor and is designed to help protect and preserve natural coral reefs of this Caribbean archipelago. The Coral Reef Sculpture Garden “attracts divers from ...

Havana, Nov 13 (EFE).- Cuba’s central bank has extended 3.23 billion pesos ($135 million) in personal loans since lending to individuals began in December 2011, Communist Party daily Granma said Thursday. The total of borrowers stood at 378,011 as of Sept. 30, Granma said, citing bank Vice President Francisco Mayobre. President Raul Castro’s administration authorized lending to individuals as part ...