Former Puerto Rico Mayor Jailed
News Americas, SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Thurs. Feb. 26, 2015: A 61-year-old man who served as the mayor of the municipality of Río Grande,...
Jamaican-Born Child Rapist Extradited
News Americas, BERGEN COUNTY, NJ, Thurs. Feb. 26, 2015: A 41-year-old Jamaican born self confessed child rapist who was on the Bergen County Sheriff's...
Colombia, FARC rebels resume peace talks in Havana
Colombia's government and leftist rebels launched a new round of peace talks Wednesday, one day ahead of the arrival of former UN Secretary General...
Three Issues To Measure CARICOM By
By David Jessop
News Americas, LONDON, England, Tues. Feb. 24, 2015: When the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Perry Christie, opens the 26th CARICOM Heads...
World’s diet worsening with globalisation, major study finds
By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world's diet has deteriorated substantially in the last two decades, a leading nutrition expert said...
Russia’s military budget may shrink 10 percent in 2015 – Rostec
By Stanley Carvalho ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Russia's military budget may shrink by around 10 percent in 2015, the chief executive of state-owned defense...
Jamaica Can Earn Big From Trillion-Dollar Film Industry
News Americas Now, NEW YORK, NY, Monday, February 23, 2015: Vice President for Export and Market Development at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Robert Scott,...
CDB projected growth is welcome relief for St Lucia
By Melanius Alphonse
News Americas, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Fri. Feb. 20, 2015 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) held its annual press conference on Wednesday in Barbados. The...
Obama’s America – Episode 212 – Transformational Presidency?
By Arthur Piccolo
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Feb. 20, 2015: I was toying with various ideas for this episode.
One was a story about...
Prime Minister Simpson Miller To Launch 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference
News Americas Now, NEW YORK, NY, Friday, February 20, 2015-The 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, set to unfold from June 13-18 at the Montego...