By Jairo Rodrigues in Port-au-Prince, Haiti The streets of Port-au-Prince were crowded on Friday with thousands – yes, thousands of Haitians lining the avenues and roads for the official start of Carifesta XII.
Sao Paulo, (Reuters) – An ongoing political and economic crisis once more threatens to fell the tallest tree in Brazil’s political landscape: former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day yesterday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets.
(Trinidad Express) the foreign exchange shortage has been dealt with, says Finance Minister Larry Howai.
TORONTO/VANCOUVER/SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Many of the world’s junior miners are laying down their picks and shovels to start new ventures ranging from egg exporting to medical marijuana farming, as they as try to survive a crash in metals prices by shifting away from exploration.
(Trinidad Express) The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) is calling on cable television providers to remove 16 channels for which they have not acquired Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) from local channel line-ups.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – Top negotiators from North and South Korea talked through a second consecutive night and into this morning in a marathon bid to defuse tensions that have brought the peninsula to the brink of armed conflict.
On August 6, Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally met with officials at the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to discuss areas of collaboration and the status of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).
There were more than 19 000 late registrations of birth in four interior regions within the last five years and there are suspicions that the process may have been abused.
(Trinidad Express) The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) is calling on cable television providers to remove 16 channels for which they have not acquired Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) from local channel line-ups.
Following days of surveillance and careful planning, police yesterday arrested the prime suspect in the murder of 77-year-old Montrose caretaker Danrasie Ganesh and the man told investigators that one of the woman’s relatives hired him to carry out the brutal crime.
Tucked away behind Mon Repos on the East Coast Demerara is the little village of De Endragt that is populated with approximately 300 people.
Unless government comes up with a “proper plan” for renewable energy, US$80 million earmarked for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) will return to Norway, Director of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative Per Fedrik Pharo has told members of civil society.
A modernised prison system is on the government’s to do list but given the unavailability of financing not much can be done in the short term, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, who says surveillance is being increased as a short-term measure.
Although the current headquarters of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have been deemed as “sufficiently safe” for continued occupation, board chairman Rawle Lucas says a long term solution for housing the agency’s operations is necessary.
Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has presented Cabinet with a draft security plan which outlines a strategy to be used by government to fight crime, State Minister Joseph Harmon announced on Friday.
While affirming government’s commitment to fighting poverty during its term in office, President David Granger has announced that an annual subvention would be allocated to the Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated (FFTP) from next year.
A review of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s strategic plan is being conducted to clearly identify factors which are causing the underreporting of taxation so that measures to improve collection can be implemented, according to GRA Board Chairman Rawle Lucas.
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has announced a campaign to remove derelict vehicles and debris from city roadsides, sidewalks and parapets.
A Lusignan storeowner is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was struck yesterday while riding his motorbike at the corner of Cummings and Lamaha streets, in Georgetown.
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