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By Carey L. Biron US Correspondent  WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) – Three years after the passage of landmark legislation aimed at strengthening regulation of major U.S. companies, one of the most criticised disparities characterising today’s corporate culture – the outsized compensation ...

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – Award winning director, Benh Zeitlin, will hold talks with officials of the Montserrat Development Corporation (MDC) on the possibility of filming on the volcano ravaged British Overseas Territory. Zeitlin will be on the island for the ...

By Amy Fallon KAMPALA
 (IPS) – For four years Isaac Godfrey Nabwana made and sold bricks in Kampala’s Wakalinga slum. But now, thanks to his labours, he is building what he hopes will become Uganda’s answer to Nollywood. “I was selling bricks and ...

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago CMC – President Anthony Carmona has bestowed Trinidad and Tobago’s highest national award on Chief Justice Ivor Archie as the country prepares to celebrate its 51st anniversary of political independence from Britain on Saturday. Justice Archie was awarded ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, has been invested as Knight of Grace of the Order of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. This is the second knighthood for the Governor-General, who ...

By Ivan Cairo  PARAMARIBO, Suriname CMC – The son of President Desi Bouterse has been arrested in Panama on illegal arms trafficking, an official at the United States Embassy here said, Friday. “We confirm that Dino Bouterse has been arrested ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ended a one-day visit to Guyana on Saturday in a move that strengthens the relationship between the two countries that have had a long standing border dispute. The two countries have agreed ...

NEW YORK, New York CMC – Police say the Trinidad-born father of a 16-month-old toddler shot dead in his stroller on Sunday night is not cooperating with investigators trying to find his son’s killer. Police have launched an all-out manhunt ...

ROSEAU, Dominica CMC – Police have confirmed that the 16-year-old son of Chief Medical officer, Dr. David Johnson, drowned while bathing at the Trafalgar River, east of here. They said that Dravid Johnson was among a group of 11 students ...

MIAMI, Florida CMC – The United States’ Department of State has signed a partnership agreement with PortMiami aimed at helping to enhance port security in the Caribbean. As enforcement pressures increase against drug traffickers in Mexico and Central America, William ...