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By Jewel Fraser Contributing Writer GUYANA, September 5, 2018 (IPS) — Mikesh Ram would watch his rice crops begin to rot, during the dry season in Guyana, because salt water from the nearby Atlantic Ocean was displacing freshwater from the ...

By Ayodele Odusola Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York September 5, 2018 (IPS) — The best time to invest in Africa is now. However, foreign investors have not moved into the continent as quickly as expected because foreign investment decisions ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 4, 2018 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce has urged the government and the union representing workers, at state-owned Petrotrin, to adopt a level-headed approach and work together ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 4, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) said, today, that it had dismissed 12 employees, after conducting a “routine internal review of financial procedures”. “GT&T would like to assure the public that no ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August. 30, 2018 (CMC) – US-based oil giant, ExxonMobil, announced the discovery of approximately 197 feet (60 metres) of high-quality, oil-bearing sandstone reservoir at the Hammerhead-1 – the ninth discovery of oil in the Stabroek Block and the ...

By Carla Hindman Finance and Money Columnist When you’re a child, a few dollars can seem like all the money in the world. It can take weeks, sometimes months, to save up your allowance. When you finally decide to spend ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – More than 200 workers have been placed on the unemployment line, after a leading distiller, blender, and bottler of rum announced, yesterday, it was closing down two of its operations. J. Wray & ...

OTTAWA, Ontario August 22, 2018 — Canada’s new $10 bank note will begin to appear in cash transactions late this year. Designed to stand apart, it’s the first vertical note issued by the Bank of Canada, and features the portrait ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 17, 2018 (CMC) – Canadian oil and gas exploration company, CGX Energy Incorporated, announced the name of its next exploration well — ‘Utakwaaka’ — at an Indigenous naming and blessing ceremony by the historic Aleluya Indigenous Group. ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 1, 2018 (CMC) – The International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have announced that they are scaling up their partnership, to strengthen support for businesses across the Caribbean region. During a meeting at ...