WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The United States Supreme Court has begun debate on the reach of the federal securities laws by questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in jailed Texas financier, Allen ...
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Feed SubscriptionDeveloping Countries To Receive Over US$410 Billion In Remittances In 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The World Bank says remittances to the developing world, including the Caribbean, are expected to grow by 6.3 percent this year to US$414 billion. In its revised estimates and forecasts, issued here on Wednesday, the World ...
Read More »Small Island Economies Battered By Erratic Weather
By Desmond Brown Caribbean Correspondent CASTRIES, St. Lucia (IPS) – Malcolm Wallace always knew on which side his bread would be buttered. At the age of 19, he built and operated his own greenhouse on his father’s farm in Dominica, ...
Read More »“Making Caribbean Agriculture Climate Smart” Book Launched In Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Two leading agricultural organizations have launched a book on agriculture in a climate-change Caribbean environment, as a leading agriculturalist warned that global climate change is one of the most serious threats to sustainable development in the ...
Read More »Murder Trial Of Dancehall Singer Postponed To Next Year
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The murder trial of Dancehall singer “Ninja Man” and his son has been postponed to April 7 next year because his attorney, Valrie Nieta Robinson, is engaged in another matter in the Gun Court. The trial ...
Read More »Africa’s Growth Story Brightens
By Jacey Fortin Africa Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (IPS) – Not far from the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa, a young woman named Bosena, 25, sits on the side ...
Read More »St. Lucia High Court Judge Rules That Student Must Leave School Pending Outcome Of Lawsuit
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent CMC – A High Court judge has lifted an injunction that allowed a 14-year-old student to continue her education at St. Joseph’s Convent Kingstown (SJCK) until a lawsuit filed by her mother is heard on November 15. ...
Read More »5 Recipes That Prove Healthy Is The New Delicious
Holistic Chef Provides Foolproof Recipes for Taste & Nutrition With adventurous food tastes and concerns ranging from personal health to ethical agriculture and livestock practices, more people are exploring alternative diets. But that’s not always easy – or palatable. “You ...
Read More »Self-esteem Is Not Always Related To Good Grades
(NC) — When it comes to school, it is not necessary to get A’s, or even to pass, in order for students to have high self-esteem. For students of all ages, feeling good about their abilities comes from the confidence ...
Read More »Making Winter Travel Plans? Tips For Snowbirds And Other Travellers
(NC) – It’s that time of year again, when Canadian snowbirds make their plans to spend the winter in warmer locales. RSA, one of Canada’s leading travel insurance providers, surveyed more than 2,400 Canadian travel consumers and discovered there are ...
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