A 6.2 magnitude earthquake, followed by at least two strong aftershocks, rocked Trinidad and Tobago late yesterday, shaking buildings, sending items skating off supermarket shelves, and triggering fear in residents. The first tremor hit at around 5:42 p.m. local time, just 16 kilometres south southeast of...
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) — Latin America and Caribbean governments will need to improve public sector management and capacity, including budget allocation, to compensate for the pressure on public finances from sliding commodity prices, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OECD)...
[caption id="attachment_15595" align="alignleft" width="300"] A guard of honour stays by the tomb of Cuban leader Fidel Castro at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago de Cuba yesterday.[/caption] SANTIAGO de CUBA, Cuba (AFP) Fidel Castro’s ashes were entombed in a massive stone next to national heroes on...
[caption id="attachment_14166" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit[/caption] CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit says the region will forever be grateful to former Cuban revoluationary leader Fidel Castro. In his tribute to the former president Castro who died last Friday at the age...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Nov 29, CMC – Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has described the GUY$250 billion (One Guyana dollar =US$0.004 cents) budget presented by Finance Minister Winston Jordan as “the worst I have ever seen”. Jagdeo, a former finance minister, said that the fiscal package was ominous...