[caption id="attachment_9518" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cliff Robinson, an advocate of the medicinal and stress-relieving benefits of marijuana, plans to open a recreational dispensary in Oregon later this year[/caption] In his playing days, Cliff Robinson was known as Uncle Cliffy. Now as he begins a new business venture, the...
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is an All-Star for the 18th time, and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is notably not among the West's starting five. Fans overwhelmingly chose Bryant to be an All-Star starter, voting for him almost 1.9 million times, the most...
WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday January 21, 2016 – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved loans and guarantees totaling US$11.3 billion and disbursed US$10.4 billion to borrowing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2015. In keeping with its mandate to support the region’s smaller and...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, Friday January 22, 2016 – Workers in Antigua and Barbuda will get a tax ease from April when government abolishes Personal Income Tax (PIT). Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who made the announcement in his Budget presentation in Parliament yesterday, said it...
Director Spike Lee on Wednesday backed away from calls to boycott the Academy Awards ceremony amid controversy over a lack of diversity among this year's nominees and said a plan is needed to ensure racial equity in Hollywood. "I have never used the word boycott," Lee...