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SANTIAGO, Chile, Apr. 10, (CMC) – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has revised, downward, its growth projections for the region’s economic activity, forecasting an average contraction of -0.6 per cent in 2016. ECLAC said that ...

Above photo is of Finance Minister Colm Imbert. Photo credit: T&T government. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr. 10, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it has shelved plans for a multi-billion dollar mass transit project, given the economic ...

(NC) Anyone who has built a deck knows it can be a long and expensive process. It’s not a task you want to undertake every few years, so why not properly protect your investment. There are a wide variety of ...

(NC) Spring has sprung and it’s time to get outdoors. Before you rush to get some much-needed sunshine and fresh air, consider the obstacles that might be preventing you from having fun and staying safe this season. The Canadian Health ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer BRAMPTON, Ontario – An Ontario politician who has experienced carding or arbitrary street checks by the police wants it eliminated and recently held a town hall meeting in Peel Region to discuss the practice ...

Photo above: dry, cracked African soil. Photo credit: Mauricio Ramos/IPS. By Jeff Williams IPS Africa Correspondent Mombasa, Kenya, Apr 7. (IPS) — There is a ‘Little Boy’ who has nothing to do with the atomic bomb that the United States ...

Photo above: a worker at a cocoa farm in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur. By Carlo Clini Guest Writer Apr. 7, 2016 (Longitude – Italy) — In the last months of 2014 breaking news shocked the world’s chocolate lovers: within a ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr. 8, (CMC) – The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is warning that Jamaica could surpass 400 traffic fatalities this year and is using the government to implement strategies to deal with the situation. Officials from the NRSC ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr. 8, (CMC) – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping said, today, it is “deeply concerned” by the resurgence of the designation of “tax havens” being attached to the financial services centres in the region. CARICOM said that ...

Photo above: foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith. Photo credit: JIS. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr. 8, (CMC) – Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Kamina Johnson Smith, revealed that she has held two rounds of talks with her ...