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KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – After operating in Jamaica for over 55 years, the U.S. aluminum company, Alcoa, will be pulling out of Jamaica within two years. Alcoa and the Jamaican government are joint venture partners in Jamalco, a bauxite-producing company. ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Dr. Paul Steinbok was surprised when he received a telephone call from the Barbados Ball Canada Aid, a not-for-profit organization in Toronto, saying that he is the recipient of the 2014 ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – When WorldPride 2014 Toronto happens later this month – an event, organizers say, will be the largest international LGBT festival to date and the first in North America – there will ...

By Julitta Onabanjo, Benoit Kalasa, and Mohamed Abdel-Ahad  JOHANNESBURG, Africa (IPS) – Just 17 years old, Clarisse is already a mother of two, who lives with her husband and his four other wives in rural southern Chad. Three years earlier, she had watched her ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Caribbean nationals being trained in medicine in Cuba are now expected to complete their final year of training in Guyana, Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran has said.  He told participants at the 10th Scientific Conference by the ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – Government has moved to assure that there is no import ban on Jamaican patties following concerns expressed by Jamaican authorities.  Barbados media Thursday indicated that Jamaica’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Osbil Watson, had called his Barbadian ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Retired professor, Dr. Brendan Bain, who was dismissed as Director of the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Network (CHART), is preparing to battle the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in court. Following weeks of silence ...

People want the same things from their governments  By Lincoln Depradine Pride Contributing Writer The truism that people everywhere want the same things from their governments was all so evident last Thursday, June 12, as I witnessed three events – ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has introduced legislation to Parliament aimed at clamping down on computer hacking, but the opposition has warned the media that it would severely affect their ability to carry out ...

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