CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Thursday March 17, 2016 – Noting the recent spate of suicides, government has expressed concern about the emotional and mental state of St. Lucians. And it says it plans to intensify its engagement with civil society to find solutions to the rising incidence...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Friday March 18, 2016 – Six months into his new administration, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has fired his Housing and Urban Development Minister Marlene McDonald following reports that she hired her common-law husband and his brother at her constituency office,...
A suspended deputy United Nations ambassador from the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges that he participated in a scheme to bribe a former UN General Assembly president. Francis Lorenzo, 48, admitted in federal court in Manhattan that he engaged in conspiracies to commit...
Plymouth Monsterrat (March 17th 2016):- Soca King and mainstream soca pioneer Aphonsus “Arrow” Cassel was on Wednesday Evening March the 16th officially named and bestowed with the prestigious honor of Order of National Hero. The historic moment took place during the the third Annual Montserrat...
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says evasion is one of the main weaknesses of the tax systems in the region’s economies, accounting for US$320 billion in 2014. ECLAC has just released its “Fiscal Panorama of Latin America...