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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election. In an emergency session, Congress approved Perez’s resignation after the retired general quit […]
ROSEAU, Dominica – A preliminary assessment of the effects of Tropical Storm Erika on the island of Dominica has found damage to basic infrastructure alone that amounts to nearly half of the small country’s GDP, the prime minister said Thursday. Repairs to roads and bridges across the eastern Caribbean island will total more than $226 […]
While still awaiting approval from Cuban authorities, Carnival Corp.’s new Fathom brand is proceeding with plans to sail to the island nation starting in the spring. “Our intention is for the first trip to depart May 1, if not before,” Fathom President Tara Russell told reporters on a press trip in the Dominican Republic. The […]
Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt comes in at number 13 on a list of top 15 athletes in the world this year who make more money from endorsement deals than they do from competing in their respective athletic disciplines. The list was compiled by Marketwatch Online, a popular financial information website that provides business news […]
Members of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will be tasked with electing a new executive on Saturday November 14, with the Normalisation Committee announcing a date for the congress yesterday. “We’ll have to forward this date now to FIFA and they will push it to their executive committee for approval, but we’re confident that the […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Caribbean Airlines has promised that the airline will improve its service to the Guyana market as it values the route. On Thursday, the CAL Chief Executive Officer and other company executives met with Minister of State Joe Harmon to express the company’s commitment to the Guyana market. According to a statement […]
Internationally recognised Guyanese diplomat, Sir Shridath Ramphal has issued a call for Guyanese politicians to take greater responsibility in promoting and ensuring social cohesion in the country. The call was issued on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the Social Cohesion Round-table at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Lilliendaal. “Political leaders have a particular responsibility to […]
The University of Guyana has announced that Professor Nigel Harris who is the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, has been appointed to serve as the ninth Chancellor of the University of Guyana. The appointment took effect on August 26, 2015. Professor Harris who is Guyanese, has succeeded another Guyanese, Dr Compton […]
Search teams are heading back to the Kaieteur National Park this morning to continue the search for missing tourist Gynashwarie Laleta Sivinand. The woman disappeared from a tour group on Tuesday during a visit to the Kaieteur falls and has not been seen since. Special forces from the Guyana Defence Force have now joined the search […]
Weeks after resigning from the Alliance for Change (AFC), which makes up the six party coalition government in Guyana, Dr Veerasammy Ramayya has been appointed the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six and is now back in the bosom of the party he complained about just a few weeks ago. Dr. Ramayya, early in […]
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