Articles published on Monday, December 26, 2016
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition today ruled out returning to Vatican-led talks with President Nicolas Maduro’s government unless it makes major concessions amid a crushing economic crisis and bitter political standoff.
LIMA, (Reuters) – President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski proposed dredging a reservoir in a dry northern region of Peru to extract what he described as “much more gold” than what the country’s biggest gold mine holds, according to an interview with a local newspaper.
TAIPEI, (Reuters) – A group of Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier entered the top half of the South China Sea on Monday after passing south of Taiwan, the self-ruled island’s Defence Ministry said of what China has termed a routine exercise.
LONDON,(Reuters) – British singer George Michael, who became one of the pop idols of the 1980s with Wham!
As the US$45M MovieTowne complex gears for opening next year, demand for rental at its Turkeyen, East Coast of Demerara location has forced the company to seek additional lands for expansion.
The Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible (SPSS) vessel found in a secluded area in Region One, two years ago had the capacity to transport six tonnes of cocaine, Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) James Singh said last Friday while revealing that persons were charged and jailed in another country for their links to the craft.
(REUTERS) – TOM LATHAM AND COLIN MUNRO PRODUCED CAREER HIGH SCORES WHILE JIMMY NEESHAM RIPPED THE HEART OUT OF BANGLADESH’S TOP ORDER AS NEW ZEALAND SECURED A 77-RUN VICTORY IN THEIR FIRST ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL AT HAGLEY OVAL IN CHRISTCHURCH ON MONDAY.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Pakistan reached 142 for four wickets before play was abandoned due to rain after tea on day one of the second test against Australia in Melbourne on Monday.
City Councillor Lionel Jaikarran, who was elected to represent Georgetown’s Constituency One (Kingston/ Queenstown), says he is ashamed to walk the streets of his constituency since he has not been able to deliver on his promises made during his campaign for the Local Government elections held on March 18.
The police are expected to return the case file in relation to the seven month old piracy case during which fisherman, Hemchand Sookdeo was attacked and killed, to the force’s legal advisor for further advice, since searches for the other three missing crew members have since proven futile.
Ten months after she underwent surgery for the removal of gallstones that left her in a vegetative state, Thelma Ribeiro’s condition has deteriorated to a point where she is now in a critical condition at the Lethem Regional Hospital, her relatives have said.
The report into the incident where the tail section of a parked Fly Jamaica airplane was knocked off by a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) aircraft as it was pulling into the apron last month is not yet completed.
