UN agencies predict rising unemployment in region in 2015

May 15, 2015 in Regional

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday May 14, 2015 – The uninspiring economic outlook for this year will likely prompt a slight increase in the region’s unemployment rate, according to estimates released yesterday by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour...

Dexta Daps’s bail extended

May 14, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_5430" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dexta Daps[/caption] DANCEHALL singjay Dexta Daps had his bail extended when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. The entertainer, whose given name is Louis Grandison, is facing charges of obstructing the police; the use of indecent language; resisting arrest;...

Guyana opposition vote count shows victory over ruling party

May 14, 2015 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_5416" align="alignright" width="300"] Presidential Candidate of the A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) David Granger displays his inked finger after voting at the Enterprise Primary School Georgetown Guyana, Monday, May 11, 2015. A party in power for over two decades...