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BEIJING, China November 13, 2017 (CMC) – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says it is strengthening its cooperation with China, in order to foster trade and investment with the region. In this regard, ECLAC, on ...

BELIZE CITY, Belize, November 13, 2017 (CMC) – The Belize Tourist Board (BTB) says Canadian low-cost carrier, WestJet, has begun a new, non-stop, weekly service between Calgary and Belize, a move that will boost the tourism industry. BTB said a ...

BONN, Germany November 13, 2017 (CMC) – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell, today, welcomed the establishment of an emergency post-disaster reconstruction financing initiative to help the region recover from recent hurricane ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 13, 2017 (CMC) – The Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) has apologised for the chaos that occurred at the Piarco International Airport, yesterday, due to a shortage of immigration officers. Arriving ...

By Marie Claire Williams CMC Feature Writer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 13, 2017 (CMC) – For more than three centuries, the Barbados economy relied heavily on sugar and rum production. However, by the 1990 and with the decline of sugar exports, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 13, 2017 (CMC) – The government of Jamaica has signed a loan agreement, amounting to US$40 million, with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance the Energy Management and Efficiency Program (EMEP). The financing program includes US$30 ...

By Yvonne Sam Columnist America — Oh! say can you see — what is happening to thee — gun violence is eating away at your national soul. Already battling her own evils, America is now caught up in yet another ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario, November 13, 2017 (PRIDE) — Black people in Canada’s largest city are dying as a result of the opioid crisis gripping Toronto, but no one seems to know how many because that ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia November 13, 2017 (CMC) —External Affairs Minister, Sarah Flood-Beaubrun, says the person, or persons, responsible for the murder of a woman, last week, need to be “hounded” and brought to justice. “What is important is that this ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 13, 2017 (CMC) – The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) has launched an investigation into the circumstances that may have led to the death of a 79-year-old visitor from Britain. The police report that the deceased, a ...