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Photo above: Clement ‘Jimmy’ Lawrence, Chairman of J. Wray and Nephew Limited. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr. 10, (CMC) – Stakeholders in the sugar industry, yesterday, were continuing to discuss the impact a ruling by the Court of Appeal, last Friday, will have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo above: President Salva Kiir. Photo credit: South Sudan government. By Moyiga Nduru IPS Africa Correspondent JUBA, South Sudan, Apr. 8 (IPS) — Facing an unprecedented economic crisis, South Sudan — the newest nation of the world — has urged ...

Photo above is of Dr. Keith Rowley, T&T Prime Minister. Photo credit: T&T Government. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Apr. 7, (CMC) – Energy and security-related issues are expected to dominate talks next month, when Prime Minister, Dr. Keith ...

Photo above: Andrea King, Director of the Cultural Industries Development Authority (CIDA). Photo credit: Shutter Stock. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr. 7, (CMC) –Director of the Cultural Industries Development Authority (CIDA), Andrea King, said the development of cultural industries are the next ...