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By Kim Angelakis NC – Very few of us enjoy getting older. With each passing year, life can bring new challenges, ailments and obstacles. Although many older individuals live with chronic health conditions, (71 percent of Canadians aged 60 to ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Herman Stewart, the 2014 recipient of the Bromley L. Armstrong award, is inspired by the man in whose name he was honoured, and with whom he sat at a table last ...

By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor In what many consider increasingly challenging economic times, frequent sore spots are the financial roadblocks associated with real estate. Enter Don and Jon McKay, a father and son mortgage agent team, operating through ...

By Carla Hindman Director of Financial Education, Visa Canada  Many people recall their wedding day as one of their happiest, filled with cherished memories and promises of a bright future. But at an average cost of more than $32,000 (according ...

Roseau, Dominica – Dominican jazz, fusion singer, Michele Henderson, won the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) song competition, and her winning entry, “Celebrating CARICOM”, is now the regional body’s official anthem. Henderson beat out 57 semi-finalists and 10 finalists to emerge winner ...

TORONTO, Canada CMC – The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is boosting its shareholder dividend, while reporting a lower second-quarter net income of CAN$306 million (One Canada dollar = US$0.92 cents), saying the results were impacted by its Caribbean ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaican tax authorities say they will implement new strategies to get persons who are refusing to pay their taxes to the state. “What this strategy is seeking to do, is to level the playing field and ...

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago CMC – The 73-year-old father of Trinidad and Tobago international cyclist, Emile Abraham, will re-appear in court on July 1 after being granted TT$300,000 (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) bail on six sex charges. Businessman Anthony Abraham ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Police are searching for the gunmen who stormed into a house in Morvant and shot and killed, execution style, two brothers, including a nine-year-old on Sunday. Police said the gunmen entered the house and ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says 60 children were murdered here during the period January 2013 to May this year. The JCF said in addition, 99 children were shot and injured by criminals during the same ...