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WASHINGTON, DC March 14, 2017 (CMC) – The World Bank, today, said a deeper economic integration among Latin American and Caribbean countries will make the region more competitive in international markets and boost long-term growth. In a new report titled ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 14, 2017 (CMC) – The main opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP), spokesman on Finance, Dr. Peter Phillips, says the Andrew Holness-led administration has displayed incompetence, based on the content of the 2017/2018 Budget Debate that was presented ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 14, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana government and the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) appeared to be on a collision course, today, after Opposition Leader and former president, Bharrat Jagdeo, publicly disagreed with the position of ...

TORONTO, Ontario March 14, 2017 — Mrs. Elaine Esther Williams (nee Fung), passed away, peacefully, in her 85th year, while surrounded by family, last Friday. Guyana-born Williams — along with one of her sons, popular auto mechanic Alfred Williams — ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Here we go again, with the least intention of ruffling any feathers or appearing like a snake oil saleswoman. Black History month has just gone by, amidst the perpetual disgruntlement of it being the shortest ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario March 13, 2017 — Immigrant women in Ontario have a new tool to help them in their effort to raise awareness about sexual violence and harassment in refugee and immigrant communities. “Telling Our ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario March 14, 2017 (PRIDE) — Several African Canadian organizations are lauding the provincial government for “A Better Way Forward:” Ontario’s Three-Year Anti-Racism Strategic Plan, which was announced, last Tuesday, by Michael Coteau, ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, March 14, 2017 (CMC) – The Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ltd. (BOSVG) says it is aware of recent reports, regarding fraudulent activities at automated teller machines (ATMs) and that they may ...