Higher oil prices helped the Canadian market maintain its upward trend from the New Year's first day, with energy and metal sectors posting further gains on the Toronto stock exchange...

SINGAPORE - World oil prices fell in Asian trade on Tuesday after rising sharply the previous day while the Israeli-Hamas conflict intensified, analysts...

$2.47 cents to settle at $48.81 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Phil Flynn, an analyst at Alaron Trading Corp. in Chicago, said there seems to be a mood change in the market and a...

Toronto, Jan 6 : Higher oil prices helped the Canadian market maintain its upward trend from the New Year's first day, with energy and metal sectors posting further gains on the Toronto stock...

CARACAS, Venezuela : Venezuela's national oil company is suspending a program that provides discounted heating oil to poor communities in the United States, as officials here struggle to find...

WORLD oil prices fell in Asian trade amid an intensification of Israel's conflict with Hamas, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for February delivery, was down 16 cents to...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The Venezuelan government on Sunday condemned a tear gas attack last week at the studios of an opposition-aligned TV station. Information Minister Jesse Chacon said President...

Close this SINGAPORE -- World oil prices fell in Asian trade on Tuesday after rising sharply the previous day amid an intensification of Israel's conflict with Hamas, analysts said. New York's main...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's state oil company is suspending a much-promoted program that provided free heating oil to hundreds of thousands of poor people throughout the U.S., the company...

The mystery of why ancient South American peoples who created the mysterious Nazca Lines also collected human heads as trophies has long puzzled scholars who theorize the heads may have been used in...

A total of 76 people were killed in Colombia's winter raining season, which lasted from mid-September to the end of 2008, the country's Department of Disasters Prevention and Attention (DPAD) said...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip are genocidal and called on governments around the world to demand a cease-fire in the Middle Eastern conflict. Chavez...

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose Monday on political tensions and an oil production cut, which began in the new year. Violence in Gaza and a new attack on a pipeline in Nigeria contributed to...

LONDON: Oil prices rose back above $47 on Monday as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raged on and major crude producer Iran said the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would hold a...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Monday that a constitutional referendum proposed for February to lift limits on presidential re-election will also include a measure to...

Venezuela's international reserves were $42.2 billion at the end of 2008, the highest level on record because of lofty oil prices for most of the year. The central bank's international reserves...

S5N ) today announced that it has completed rationalization of its extensive portfolio of mineral properties in Guyana, South America. Over the past three years, the Company has conducted field ...

BOGOTA -- Una mujer, su hija y dos nietas pequeñas fueron asesinadas a la llegada del Año Nuevo y sus cuerpos encontrados recién el domingo, informaron el lunes las...

Thailand's annual inflation rate fell sharply to 0.4 percent in December due to cooling oil and consumer products prices, the commerce ministry said.The figure was down from November's figure of 2.2...

VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices rose above US$47 a barrel Monday on evidence that OPEC production cutbacks were taking hold and news of more unrest in oil-rich Nigeria. A dispute between Ukraine and...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Transferred from Africa by the threat of terrorism, the Dakar Rally starts on Friday with a symbolic drive in Argentina's capital before heading out on an...

Oil prices were virtually unchanged in Monday trade after recent strong rises fuelled by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and as major crude producer Iran said OPEC would hold a special meeting next...

Meron Reuben, the Israeli ambassador to Colombia, said Sunday that his country's air strikes against Hamas are necessary despite an international outcry against the violence in the Gaza Strip....

Bogota, Jan 4 : The Colombian Army has seized a huge cache of explosives belonging to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in southwestern part of the country, EFE...

By Daniel Cancel CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Venezuela’s US dollar reserves closed 2008 at a record of $42.2 billion after climbing $5.1 billion during the last two days of the year,...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Transport and Harbours Department (THD) in Guyana has sent termination letters to 40 of its employees at New Amsterdam and Rosignol who are employed...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Heavy rainfall continues to create havoc in Guyana and the Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, has issued a statement that his ministry will be forced...

Oil jumped more than 4 percent on Monday after an Iranian military commander reportedly called for an oil boycott over Israel's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip and on concerns over the deepening...

The British economy and consumers are set to benefit from falling oil prices over the coming three years, according to a think tank. The Ernst & Young ITEM Club said that the fall in growth expected...

Israel’s escalating ground offensive inside the Gaza Strip is expected to push up oil prices further this week.Concern the conflict could disrupt supplies from the region was one of the factors...

MOSCOW, January 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law to ratify the convention to avoid double taxation and tax dodging between Russia and Venezuela, the Kremlin said...

Guyana says it might postpone the first day of classes at 60 public schools if record rains persist.Education Minister Shaik Baksh said Saturday he is asking authorities to inspect schools along the...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela hopes to save some $2.3 billion in foreign currency by reducing the amount of dollars travelers can spend abroad.Currency controls that aim to stem capital flight...

Oil prices ended higher on the first day of 2009 trading as investors focused on commodities amid tensions over Israel's onslaught on Gaza, and a Russia-Ukraine gas...

Rewards of up to 5 billion Colombian pesos (2.5 million U.S. dollars) will be set aside for direct delivery or information leading to the capture of FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia)...

Exactly one year after crude eclipsed $US100 a barrel for the first time, 2009 trading began on Friday with prices roughly at a half, and some believe oil could be headed even lower.Oil markets...

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Crude oil prices fell on the New York Mercantile Exchange Friday after a profit-taking trading session to end 2008 left prices inflated. On the first trading session of 2009, crude...

HOUSTON - Exactly one year after crude eclipsed US$100 a barrel for the first time, 2009 trading began Friday with prices roughly half their year-ago levels, and some believe oil could be headed even...

Guyana's president Bharrat Jagdeo was the victim of a Facebook hoax. Photograph: Andres Leighton/AP There are hundreds of George Bushes, scores of Fidel Castros, and dozens of Hugo Chávezes, all...

Crude oil prices rebounded strongly on Friday in volatile trade, after earlier losing about 2.5 dollars on profit-taking, as traders fretted over ongoing unrest in the key oil-producing Middle...

The president of Guyana has asked police to investigate who is impersonating him on Facebook, the social networking website. A government statement said that Bharrat Jagdeo was not a Facebook...

World oil prices dived on Friday as traders banked profits from sharp gains made just ahead of the New Year. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February, slid 2.45 dollars to...

January 2, 2009 · This week, we're talking with foreign thinkers and scholars about the end of the Bush presidency and the beginning of the Obama administration. In our final conversation in...

SINGAPORE - Oil prices fell below US$42 a barrel Friday in Asia after Russia and Ukraine said a dispute over natural gas payments wouldn't affect shipments to Western Europe. Light, sweet crude for...

BOGOTA: Five people died and 65 were wounded when a grenade exploded during a New Years party in a remote region of northern Colombia, local authorities said on ...

Oil prices headed lower in Asia overnight on the first trading day of 2009, reversing a surge which came just before the New Year holiday. US crude slid $2.03 to $42.57 a barrel after surging $5.57...

Guyana has seen its rainiest December on record with nearly 40 inches (1 meter) of rainfall.The previous record is from December 2005, when only 20 inches (51 centimeters) fell. It is not clear how...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Former Chancellor of the Judiciary in Guyana, Desiree Bernard, who is now a judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice, has called for Justices of the...

OIL prices headed lower on the first trading day of 2009, reversing a surge that came before the New Year's holiday. At midday, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for February delivery,...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Henry Greene, who has been acting as Guyana’s police commissioner for the past two and a half years has been confirmed in the post by President...