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New Delhi, Oct 17 (EFE).- The India-Latin America and Caribbean conference concluded its most successful edition to date on Friday, before an audience of 350 representatives from the world of politics and business who came to New Delhi to participate in the event. The conference’s sixth edition was organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), ...

Washington, (EFE).- Guatemala’s Eduardo Stein, one of the candidates seeking to become head of the Organization of American States, said here Thursday that it would be regrettable if the presence of Cuba at the 2015 Americas Summit prompted other countries to boycott the event.Whether to invite Cuba “is no longer a question,” as the Panamanian government has already taken steps ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger on Friday contrasted the behavior of a small band of protesters, who were locked out of a meeting he held in Linden two weeks ago, with protesters in Richmond Hill, New York. “The people in Richmond Hill they were not shouting, they were listening to what I was saying, they ...

The Ministry of Education announces on Friday announced with “pride” that Guyana “has once again done extraordinarily at the CSEC examinations” as  Guyana the country ains four Regional Awards for Outstanding Performance in the May/June 2014 examinations. The following students will receive awards for their outstanding performance this year: 1.      Elisa Hamilton, Queen’s College–Overall Outstanding Achievement 2.      Aliyyah Abdul Kadir, ...

President, Donald Ramotar Friday night announced that he would be asking the political opposition to join hands in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus that is slowly spreading across the world. “I shall be formally inviting the Leader of the Opposition and the leaders of all Parliamentary Political Parties and civil society to join forces with the government in ...

Washington, Oct 17 (EFE).- A laboratory technician from the Dallas hospital where a Liberian died of the Ebola virus, and who handled some of his fluid samples for analysis, has been placed in quarantine aboard a cruise ship, the State Department said Friday.“The employee did not have direct contact with the since deceased Ebola patient, but may have had contact ...

A Guyanese grandmother of 15 was Friday jailed and fined for attempting to post a quantity of cocaine to Spain earlier this year. Sandra Daniels,50, of Lot 2 Dennis Street, Sophia, Greater Georgetown was sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined GUY$738,000 by City Magistrate, Judy Latchman. Daniels was convicted for being in possession of 274 grammes of cocaine at ...

San Juan, Oct 17 (EFE).- Each day more Caribbean islands join the list of countries closing their doors to visitors from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa.Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Antigua and Barbuda have already established entry restrictions for passengers from certain African countries.Other islands are studying similar ...

Guyana is currently exploring the option of fosteringcloser cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank, including giving active consideration to the possibility of joining that Bank, the Finance Ministry annouced on Thursday. Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh recently met with the leadership of the Bank during a visit to Washington DC at the weekend. “The Islamic Development Bank aims to ...

After almost  20 years, there is no longer a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) presence in Guyana. Pizza Hut has also closed its doors locally. Repeated efforts to contact franchise holder, Deonarine Singh, on his mobile phone were futile. While the doors where KFC and Pizza Hut were located have now been reopened, the names and symbols of those international chains ...