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KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaican law enforcement authorities have charged a businesswoman and two members of her family with facilitating human trafficking. The Organized Crime Investigation Division (OCID) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force has also charged Hermalinda Parker with human ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. CMC – The United States Department of State says Jamaicans and Haitians are among nationals not eligible to apply for the 2015 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2015). In making the announcement on Wednesday, the department also pointed out that ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Vybz Kartel, the incarcerated dancehall performer, is reportedly in more trouble with the law. On Wednesday, the police reported back-to-back seizures of several contraband items from the cell occupied by Kartel, whose given name is Adidja Palmer. The ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has placed a two-year ban on hunting as it moves to protect and conserve wildlife resources, here. “A two year moratorium will be placed on hunting in Trinidad and ...

Bel Air has been a sought after Los Angeles neighborhood for princes and princesses of industry, film and television and a few queens such as Elizabeth Taylor. It belongs to the Platinum Triangle of elite neighborhoods which include Beverly Hills ...

Being fired from a job, even an executive position, can be an opportunity of a lifetime, as was the case for Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. The men met when Marcus was CEO of Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers and ...

Ajax, ON – Ajax resident, Simone Shanks, has been selected by the Face of the Globe organization to represent Canada in their annual beauty pageant being held in London, England and Disneyland Paris this Fall. Twelve-year-old Simone will compete with ...

According to CNN, Nina Davuluri is the second consecutive New York beauty queen to take the Miss America title, but she’s the first Indian-American to wear the national crown. “I was the first Indian Miss New York, and I’m so ...

By Monica Joseph-McIntyre Pride Contributing Writer We have read about slavery, but to see its unspeakable brutality recreated as it is in the film “12 Years a Slave” makes the horrors that our ancestors endured painfully real. The film, which ...

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – BlackBerry in hand, Anya Schnoor showed up for another day of meetings on Friday, August 16 in a red polo and black slacks. At 9am, with a small knock at the door, her assistant Shelly ushered ...