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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Senate has approved legislation facilitating Jamaica’s acceptance into the Egmont Group that provides a forum for Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) around the world, to improve co-operation in the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will provide J$25 million (One Jamaica dollar = US$0.01 cents) over the next five years, to advance prostate cancer research. Health Minister, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, addressing the Jamaica Medical Foundation’s (JMF) ...

By Kathy Barrett Jamaica Correspondent KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Air traffic controllers at the two international airports in Jamaica have vowed to take protest action again this week despite a back to work order obtained by the Ministry of Labour ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A team of law enforcement officials, on Saturday, arrested two persons involved in a diesel smuggling racket in which the fuel is exchanged for guns and drugs. Senior investigators uncovered the racket when they ...

By Cydney Hargis US Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) – Advocacy groups here are urging U.S. President Barack Obama to focus on more than just economic development during his upcoming trip to Africa. They are also hoping that the state visits ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Out Music Award winner and R&B/reggae star, Diana King, will celebrate Pride Week at Blockorama, the longest running stage at the Toronto Pride Festival this weekend. She is the first Jamaican ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Uganda’s most visible LGBT advocate, Frank Mugisha, 32, would like to see LGBT groups here supporting the organization he heads, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). He also wants immigration officials to help ...

By Ernest J. Guiste Pride Legal Columnist Pieters v. Peel Law Association 2012 ONSC 1048 adds to increasing evidence tending to call into question the notion or maxim that justice is blind in Ontario. African-Canadians in this province are subjected ...

By Dr. Virginia Nsitem Pride Health Columnist Do you wake up feeling stiff and tight? Do your muscles ache after a hard workout or long period of intense activity? Do your muscles feel weak? Stretching and strengthening may help to ...