Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2014, 22:39 by GxMedia New York, Dec 15 (EFE).- The New York Times said Monday in an editorial that the Cuban economy is in a dilemma and facing the need to push economic reforms but having to deal with the resistance of the “old guard” and the danger that Havana could lose subsidies from ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2014, 22:36 by GxMedia San Juan, Dec 15 (EFE).- The Cayman Islands government has approved amendments to its immigration policy to allow short-term business travelers to remain in the country for up to 10 working days without the need to obtain a work permit.The changes will mostly help individuals who travel for business meetings ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2014, 22:33 by GxMedia Rio de Janeiro, Dec 15 (EFE).- At least seven people died Monday in a crash between a public transport bus and a tanker truck loaded with fuel on a highway in the northeastern Brazilian state of Piaui, officials said.The crash occurred around 10:00 a.m. local time at just 3 kilometers ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2014, 22:27 by GxMedia San Juan, Dec 15 (EFE).- The Caribbean Public Health Agency has asked regional governments to implement plans to combat antimicrobial resistance, which threatens to undermine the effectiveness of treatments for common infections and injuries.CARPHA, as the agency is known, said in a statement on Monday that a Dec. 9-10 joint ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2014, 22:24 by GxMedia San Juan, Dec 15 (EFE).- The government of St. Lucia on Monday offered condolences to the families of three people who died last week in a fire aboard a cruise ship docked in Castries.“I wish to offer the greatest support on behalf of the people of Saint Lucia to the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2014, 22:20 by GxMedia Havana, Dec 15 (EFE).- Cuba, a country affected by an aging population, is planning to open nursing homes for people with Alzheimer’s starting in 2015, according to officials in the Public Health Ministry, or MINSAP, as cited by local media.One in every 10 Cubans 65 or older develops some kind ...

Last Updated on Monday, 15 December 2014, 22:17 by GxMedia Port-au-Prince, Dec 15 (EFE).- Ex-Haitian prime minister Laurent Lamothe has thanked those who supported him during the country’s recent political unrest which led to his stepping down at the recommendation of a special committee.“I leave the post of prime minister with the feeling of work done,” Lamothe said in the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 December 2014, 22:09 by GxMedia By Fernando MexiaLos Angeles, Dec 12 (EFE).- Seventy-five years have gone by since “Gone with the Wind” premiered on Dec. 15, 1939 in Atlanta, a moment that crowned with success the many years it took to make one of Hollywood’s most ambitious, most complex productions until then.Today the film is ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 December 2014, 22:05 by GxMedia San Juan, Dec 12 (EFE).- Regional airline InterCaribbean Airways this weekend begins new non-stop services linking Jamaica and the Dominican Republic with Haiti.Scheduled services will begin Dec. 13 between Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport and Port-au-Prince, and between the Haitian capital and Santo Domingo International Airport, InterCaribbean said in a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 December 2014, 21:59 by GxMedia Havana, Dec 12 (EFE).- Computerizing daily activities and expanding Internet access are priorities for Cuba, according to Communist party daily Granma, which said the island is making progress in those areas “steadily but unhurriedly.”In a lengthy front-page editorial Friday, Granma said Cuba is aware that the era of the Internet ...