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...
[caption id="attachment_10170" align="alignleft" width="300"] Angella Johnson-Maxwell (with back turned) stands a few metres from the site where her son’s body is covered under tree branches, while supportive residents talk with the police[/caption] WHAT should have been an unforgettable experience for 12-year-old Nicholas Maxwell ended in tragedy...
[caption id="attachment_10167" align="alignright" width="300"] Premier of Bermuda Michael Dunkley[/caption] HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) — Bermuda’s House of Assembly remained closed yesterday after legislators were locked out by protesters who formed a human ring around the building in a continuing protest against government’s proposed Pathways to Status initiative. Politicians...
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Monday reiterated his concern that Trinidad and Tobago nationals were “living well above our means” as the oil-rich twin island republic deals with an economic downturn occasioned by a decline in oil prices on the global market. Rowley, speaking on television...
Haiti says it has recorded 96 people have died from cholera during the first two months of this year. The Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) said there were also 7, 782 cases of the disease during the period January 1 to February 27. But it...