BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite the neighboring country's aggressive rhetoric and its dynamiting of two cross-border pedestrian bridges, Colombia's defense minister said on Friday. "We will not be provoke," Gabriel Silva said. read more...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next month's key climate talks, officials said Friday. The leaders are set to be joined by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has hammered out a joint position. read more...
LONDON, England (AlertNet) -- An agreement by Norway to pay Guyana for preserving forests to help slow climate change will still allow the South American nation to increase its rate of deforestation, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo said. Norway could pay Guyana up to $250 million by 2015. read more...
WASHINGTON, USA (Reuters) -- A former US State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government. Walter Kendall Myers had "top secret" clearance and gave classified information to the Cuban government. read more...
NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) -- A carpooling initiative implemented by the Bahamas government is aimed at alleviating traffic congestion in New Providence. A survey for the pilot project is presently being conducted with 500 parents of students who attend Aquinas College to determine how many of them carpool. read more...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The Regional Security System (RSS), in collaboration with the United Kingdom Security Team will be conducting a three-day Integrity Professional Standards and Anti-Corruption Workshop in Barbados, next week. It will be held from November 23 to November 25. read more...
BELMOPAN, Belize -- Thursday was a public holiday called Garifuna Settlement Day in recognition to the indigineous people in which there was a massive ceremony at the Memorial Park in Belize. The theme for the celebrations was "Watina - Let us Answer the Call of our Ancestors". read more...
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Representatives from Cuba and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) have signed an agreement for a joint project to rehabilitate the eastern Holguin city’s aqueduct. The Kuwaiti financing is to be used in the setting up of main and secondary water lines. read more...
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Despite the world crisis, the Cuban tourist industry has exhibited 4 percent growth up to date, compared with 2008, and it forecasts to close the year with good results. Cuba’s Tourism deputy Minister, said the growth is the result of a good commercial and promotional work. read more...
WASHINGTON, USA (Human Rights Watch/IFEX) -- Raul Castro's government has locked up scores of people in Cuba for exercising their fundamental freedoms and allowed scores of political prisoners arrested during Fidel Castro's rule to languish in detention, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday. read more...
NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg) -- El Salvador paid two percentage points more than Panama in a sale of $800 million of bonds as the Central American country tapped debt markets less than a week after having its credit rating cut to junk. The country sold the 10-year bonds to yield 7.375 percent. read more...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Guyana government is organizing a two-day national crime prevention conference later this month in an effort to what the home affairs minister Clement Rohee said is to build capacity in evidence-based crime prevention initiatives and to facilitate coordination among stakeholders. read more...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is now awaiting the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) as they have completed an investigation into the alleged torture of two prisoners including a 14-year-old murder suspect. The investigation was ordered by President Bharrat Jagdeo. read more...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, says he sees no reason to take issue with the 2009 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published recently by Transparency International, which suggested increased corruption in Jamaica. "I am not going to get into an argument... read more...
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Permanent Representative of St Vincent and the Grenadines signed on Friday an agreement to establish the basic terms of the OAS Mission in charge of observing the National Referendum. read more...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- As the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen Denmark, this December draws closer, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has further cemented its united position on the phenomenon in the form of a song. read more...
This past Wednesday on November 18, Haiti celebrated the 206th anniversary of the victory of its troops: 7,000 men in rags and ill nourished, who crushed the 40,000 well trained soldiers sent by Napoleon from France to re-establish slavery in that rebel island that dared to declare itself the land of the free! read more...
While it may be a good idea to build an airport in the Stann Creek District near the village of Placencia, Dangriga residents should get involved in the debate to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of this airport to Dangriga Town. Currently, for almost eleven years now, Commerce Beight Pier... read more...
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- International news agency Reuters has suspended coverage of Cricket Australia matches and events for a second season because of a long-running dispute over media rights and freedom of the press. Reuters said on Friday it was unable to provide text, pictures or audio-visual coverage. read more...
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- There were hugs and handshakes all around on Friday as teams of older US and Cuban softball players ended a "friendship" tournament they hope will set an example for their respective governments.They said who won or lost was less important than finding they were not enemies. read more...
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BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite the neighboring country's aggressive rhetoric and its dynamiting of two cross-border pedestrian bridges, Colombia's defense minister said on Friday. "We will not be provoke," Gabriel Silva said. 
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next month's key climate talks, officials said Friday. The leaders are set to be joined by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has hammered out a joint position. 
LONDON, England (AlertNet) -- An agreement by Norway to pay Guyana for preserving forests to help slow climate change will still allow the South American nation to increase its rate of deforestation, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo said. Norway could pay Guyana up to $250 million by 2015. 
NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) -- A carpooling initiative implemented by the Bahamas government is aimed at alleviating traffic congestion in New Providence. A survey for the pilot project is presently being conducted with 500 parents of students who attend Aquinas College to determine how many of them carpool. 
WASHINGTON, USA (Human Rights Watch/IFEX) -- Raul Castro's government has locked up scores of people in Cuba for exercising their fundamental freedoms and allowed scores of political prisoners arrested during Fidel Castro's rule to languish in detention, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday. 
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Guyana government is organizing a two-day national crime prevention conference later this month in an effort to what the home affairs minister Clement Rohee said is to build capacity in evidence-based crime prevention initiatives and to facilitate coordination among stakeholders. 
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, says he sees no reason to take issue with the 2009 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published recently by Transparency International, which suggested increased corruption in Jamaica. "I am not going to get into an argument... 
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of the American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Permanent Representative of St Vincent and the Grenadines signed on Friday an agreement to establish the basic terms of the OAS Mission in charge of observing the National Referendum. 
This past Wednesday on November 18, Haiti celebrated the 206th anniversary of the victory of its troops: 7,000 men in rags and ill nourished, who crushed the 40,000 well trained soldiers sent by Napoleon from France to re-establish slavery in that rebel island that dared to declare itself the land of the free! 
While it may be a good idea to build an airport in the Stann Creek District near the village of Placencia, Dangriga residents should get involved in the debate to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of this airport to Dangriga Town. Currently, for almost eleven years now, Commerce Beight Pier... 
