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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 29, 2016 (CMC) – Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, has described the GUY$250 billion (One Guyana dollar =US$0.004 cents) budget, presented by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, as “the worst I have ever seen”. Jagdeo, a former finance minister, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 29, 2016 (CMC) – Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, is predicting a 2.6 percent decline in the Guyana economy this year as a result of a decline in prices and lower growth in several sectors of the local ...

By Patricia Grogg IPS Correspondent HAVANA, Cuba November 30, 2016 (IPS) — Fidel Castro, who survived more than 600 assassination attempts and remained in power longer than any other leader in the history of Cuba, died Friday night at the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago , November 30, 2016 (CMC) – Both the ruling People’s National Movement and the main opposition United National Congress (UNC) are claiming victory in Trinidad and Tobago’s Local Government elections. Preliminary figures show that ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 30, 2016 (CMC) – The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) emerged victorious, taking control of eight municipal corporations, in the long-overdue Local Government elections, held on Monday. According to preliminary results from the Electoral Office of Jamaica ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. November 30,2016 (CMC) – The Organization of American States (OAS) says the preliminary results in the November 20 presidential election in Haiti are “in line” with data collected by its own observation mission. “The preliminary results show significant ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 30, 2016 (CMC) – Barbados is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its political independence from Britain, despite the inclement weather that has forced the postponement or cancellation of some of the activities to mark the occasion. Britain’s ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium November 30, 2016 (CMC) – The Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, Dr. Patrick I. Gomes, says the grouping is on a course of uncharted waters in a  changing global environment. Addressing the 104th ...

By Chris Patterson JIS Contributing Writer  KINGSTON, Jamaica November 30, 2016 — (JIS) — In a drive to facilitate greater Internet access to Jamaicans, the government will continue to roll out free secured Wi-Fi hotspots in popular, public places across ...

By Rupert Johnson PRIDE Columnist This is indeed a sad day for the Cuban people for their revered icon, Fidel Castro is dead—dead at the ripe old age of 90. Castro has no doubt left an enduring legacy which started ...