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By Carey L. Biron Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC  (IPS) – The shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in the southern United States earlier this month has led to widespread public outrage around issues of race, ...

NC – It was the best of times; it was the worst of times… That’s how it seems for many graduating students these days. Their debts are high and the chance of finding a good paying job appears to be ...

Financial Experts Explain When It’s OK to Play It Safe – and When It’s Not As people get closer to the age when they hope to retire, traditional wisdom calls for moving into more conservative – safer – investments, such as ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Attorney General Patrick Atkinson is to decide whether the Government will become involved in the case of four Jamaicans who were denied entry to Dominica in February. The four are entertainer Tommy Lee, whose real name ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Retired High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Suzie D’Auvergne is dead. D’Auvergne who served as acting Justice of the Appeal Court and Judge of the International Labour Organisation’s administrative tribunal, died early ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is moving to void several honours handed out by Dame Louise Lake-Tack, a few hours before she demitted office, last week Thursday. Prime Minister Gaston Browne said, he ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Governments of Guyana and Panama have inked a deal that will see Panama purchasing approximately 5000 tons of rice per month from Guyana. The contract, signed last week in Panama by Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy ...

By Linda Straker Grenada Correspondent  ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada parliament, late last week Thursday night, approved legislation allowing for some establishments on the island to be engaged in casino gambling. The Casino and Gaming Bill 2014 provides ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has declared that her administration will not allow the rights of the Jamaican people to be violated. Simpson Miller, for the first time spoke about circumstances that led to the death ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Council of the National Trust says it is moving to secure “one of our architectural treasures” in Trinidad and Tobago after media reports said that the historic 19th century Greyfairs Church of Scotland ...