Miami-Dade’s jobless rate posts increase
Data recently released by Miami-Dade County’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade show confirms the county’s unemployment rate increased to 13.4 percent in May …
Caribbean budget airline approved for flights to Trinidad
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Caribbean’s first discount airline has received the go-ahead to fly to Trinidad, ending a months long conflict with government regulators.
Cuban government getting in on informal real estate market
HAVANA — Each morning before the sun rises too high, Cubans gather at a shaded corner in central Havana, mingling as though at a cocktail …
What we think: The rich must contribute
Regardless of the rhetoric from the White House and Congressional Democrats, any “compromise” agreed upon for raising the debt ceiling seems unlikely to require the …
Debt ceiling debate a cover up for soaking middle class, poor
Some people say the big political deal these days is the so-called debt ceiling. Another way to describe what federal legislators are looking to debate …
South Africa faces higher education progress— and challenges
Prior to democratization and the election of President Nelson Mandela, South Africa had a very complex system of higher education. There were universities for English-speaking …
Education on the agenda as Obama meets business leaders
WASHINGTON — The bitter debate taking place in the nation’s capitol over increasing the taxes paid by the rich to help with the debt ceiling …
Tour will highlight black unemployment
AP National Writer Cornel West and Tavis Smiley are planning a 15-city “Poverty Tour” to bring attention to the needy and to what they say …
Monestime sets sights on projects in north central Dade
Special to South Florida Times Plans for two Community Redevelopment Areas (CRAs) and a redevelopment trust fund are underway in the city of Miami’s District …
Prominent judge Harold Braynon dies at age 79
RMHarris15@Aol.com A week after the death of pioneering judge John Johnson, South Florida has lost another prominent jurist. Retired Judge Harold Braynon, 79, died on …