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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 19, (CMC) – Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Mark Phillips, says the GDF has been placed on alert, in the wake of reports that Venezuelans could flee to neighbouring countries as economic ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 18 (GINA) — Thirteen (13) Berbicians benefited from specialised surgeries at the New Amsterdam Hospital, yesterday, as the 11th Chinese Medical Brigade visited and conducted a series of operations. The presence of the Chinese Medical Brigade in ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 18 (GINA) — The Guyana National Museum, the Museum of African Heritage and the Walter Roth Museum, have brought together relics, objects, artifacts and articles, for a one-month exhibition in recognition and celebration of Guyanese culture and ...

By Denise Dennis JIS Writer  KINGSTON, Jamaica May 17, (JIS) — Minister of Finance and Public Service, Audley Shaw, is urging greater regional cooperation to address common border security challenges. Shaw said given the global economy, the international nature of ...

By Alecia Smith-Edwards JIS Writer  NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica May 18 (JIS) — Jamaica has surpassed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Primary Surplus and Net International Reserve (NIR) targets for the January to March quarter. The Primary Surplus was $120.8 billion, ...

By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist If you have high blood pressure (hypertension), you have one of the most prevalent and serious disorders in Canada. The government of Canada does not collect health data by race or ethnicity, but ...

By Linda Straker CMC Grenada Contributing Writer ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, May 17, (CMC) – Grenada has written to the German government, asking the European country to consider an initiative, piloted in the Seychelles islands by The Nature Conservancy, that resulted ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 17, (CMC) – The British-based telecommunications giant, Liberty Global (LG), says it has completed the acquisition of the British telecommunications company, Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), in a transaction worth an estimated US$7.4 billion. Liberty Global is ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 17, (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will, next month, begin the implementation of a “Gender Sensitive Results-Based Management (RBM) System” to build a results-oriented culture around the operationalization of the CARICOM Strategic Plan, 2015 – 2019,” ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 17 (GINA) — Guyana’s efforts to diversify its agricultural sector are set to receive a major boost from a Brazilian company, New Frontier Agriculture Guyana Incorporated. The company is prepared to cultivate its first crops of soya ...