Daily Archives: Mar 16, 2017

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 15, CMC – Barbados Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart, Wednesday rejected a suggestion from former prime minister Owen Arthur that the island has no option but to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance in dealing with the ailing economy.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar. 16, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has organized the first forum on gender and transport with the objective of creating a space for the exchange of information between public policymakers, researchers and transport experts on how to incorporate the gender perspective into the transport sector to promote greater gender equality here.

MIAMI, Mar. 16, CMC – A baseball agent and trainer have been found guilty of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the United States in a fraudulent scheme designed to capitalize on the defectors’ major league contracts.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Mar. 16, CMC – A technical team from Venezuela arrived here on Wednesday to further strengthen the bilateral relationship between both countries.

"Beauty and the Beast" star Emma Watson is planning legal action over photos said to have been leaked online, but her representatives on Wednesday denied reports that the pictures showed the British actress nude.

They were the two stories that rocked the Western world last year. But while Donald Trump's election injected new life into U.S. political comedy, the British are still waiting for Brexit to usher in their new golden age of satire.

Fandango Media LLC, a Web-based movie ticketing platform owned by Comcast Corp, said it would launch an online merchandise store next month.

French fashion house Givenchy said on Thursday it had named British designer Clare Waight Keller as its new artistic director.

Malaysia stood by its decision to bar "Beauty and the Beast" from cinemas without a "gay moment" being cut as the worldwide rollout of the Walt Disney movie began on Thursday.

British Prime Minister Theresa May told the Scottish government on Thursday "now is not the time" for a second independence referendum, saying it would be unfair to ask people to vote without knowing the result of Brexit talks.