Brazil probes aquarium fish deaths

(BBC)  Prosecutors in Brazil have begun investigating the deaths of about 10,000 fish that had been brought in to fill a huge freshwater aquarium. Building work on the project, in the western city of Campo Grande, overran and the fish died in temporary tanks. The company contracted to look after them, Anambi, blamed the deaths […]

Mexican drug lord escapes jail

(BBC)  Top Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo or “Shorty”, has escaped from a maximum security prison for a second time, officials say. In a statement, Mexico’s National Security Commission said Guzman was last seen in the showers of the Altiplano jail late on Saturday night. He was the leader of the […]

Barbados Tridents (146-7) beat Jamaica Tallawahs (129-7) by 17 runs

Kingston, Jamaica: A star performance from Barbados Tridents captain Kieron Pollard with bat, ball and in the field helped to deny the Appleton Estate Jamaica Tallawahs the chance to replace their opponents at the top of the Hero Caribbean Premier League table in front of a sell-out crowd at Sabina Park.  Krishmar Santokie, the leading […]

Government pledges full support to hosting of CPL matches

Guyana’s Minister of State Joseph Harmon met with Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket tournament Damien O’Donohoe on Friday and gave the government’s commitment to the CPL.  “Guyana is not only a cricket loving country but a cricket crazy country so we have every reason to welcome the back to Guyana […]

Maduro wants UN Good Officer reappointed to deal with latest border issue

(TeleSUR English)  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sent a letter Friday to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asking the U.N. chief to appoint a new Good Officer to diplomatically address the Venezuela-Guyana territorial issue. “As it is public knowledge, the new Government of Guyana has ignored, the entry into force of the 1966 Geneva agreement, showing a stubborn and ambivalent attitude and has inflicted serious […]