By News Source Guyana on December 1, 2015
Caribbean & International, News
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Guyanese national, Catherine Pollard as the Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management. She will succeed Tegegnework Gettu of Ethiopia, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service and able leadership. According to the UN Secretary General’s office, since 2014, Ms. Pollard served […]
By News Source Guyana on November 29, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) The Brazilian health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects. The fever, it said, is behind a spike in cases of micro-encephalitis – an inflammation of the brain contracted in the first months of pregnancy. It has recorded two adult deaths […]
By News Source Guyana on November 24, 2015
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed a total of US$165 million to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to help with curbing crime and violence among youths, controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic and climate change initiatives. USAID and CARICOM signed accords on Tuesday for the multimillion dollar development assistance to help the Eastern and […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Colombia’s constitutional court has lifted restrictions on same-sex couples adopting children. Until now, same-sex couples could only adopt a child if it was the offspring of one of the partners. But in a historic ruling on Wednesday, the court instructed adoption agencies not to discriminate against gay men and lesbians. It said gay couples […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) More than a dozen people are feared dead after a dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil burst, flooding nearby homes. Officials in south-eastern Minas Gerais state say one person is confirmed dead. But there are reports that up to 16 have died and others are missing. Rivers of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 6, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Belize’s Prime Minister Dean Barrow has won an unprecedented third consecutive term in office in snap elections in the small Central American nation. Mr Barrrow, 64, called the election in September, more than a year ahead of schedule. Belize is heavily dependent on aid from Venezuela, which also offers it oil at discounted prices. […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2015
Caribbean & International
Venezuelan opposition politician Manuel Rosales has been arrested on his return to the country after six years of self-imposed exile. Mr Rosales, who said he wanted to take part in December’s parliamentary elections, was detained shortly after landing in the city of Maracaibo. He ran against the late President Hugo Chavez in 2006. Mr Rosales […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2015
Caribbean & International
PARAMARIBO, Suriname – A Canadian company that operates a gold mine in Suriname says it will dismiss roughly 10 per cent of its workforce to reduce costs amid low global prices for the precious metal. Toronto-based Iamgold Corp. announced the cuts Thursday. The company owns about 90 per cent of the Rosebel mine, with the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2015
Caribbean & International
(AP) Attackers killed six members of the same family and set their clapboard home on fire in northern Jamaica, and the island’s security minister on Friday linked the massacre to the island’s international lottery scam crime rings. The Jamaica Constabulary Force said the dead in the Logwood section of Hanover parish included two teenagers and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Police in Brazil have arrested nine of their fellow officers suspected of carrying out a series of killings on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. Investigators say they were probably seeking revenge after the shooting of an off-duty policeman during a robbery in the area. Nineteen people were killed within several hours on 13 August. […]
