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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana says it has exported 400,000 tonnes of rice, the most in the country’s history. “It’s the very first time in our history, so as of Tuesday the amount of rice exported that left Guyana already ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana says it will receive US$35 million from Norway under the forests and climate change partnership between the two countries. President Donald Ramotar, in a nationwide radio and television broadcast, said Norway will pay Guyana the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has described the late president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Francis “Paco” Kennedy as a “giant”, who was always driven by the desire to improve the cause of business ...

WASHINGTON, DC, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says cyber vulnerabilities continue to affect a “wide range of targets” in the Caribbean. OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, said while member-states are “ever-more familiar with cyber security threats, ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Fitzroy Gordon, Founder and President of Toronto based radio station G98.7FM “The Way We Groove,” is pleased to announce that he has been granted approval from the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate a ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The Black and Caribbean Book Fair 2014 will focus on stories of migration as well as Black fatherhood when it happens at the William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto on November ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organization, is calling on Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, parliamentarians, and other leaders to consistently condemn violence and discrimination. The organization wants Simpson ...

TORONTO, Ontario – It was a landslide win for Tiffany Ford in the Toronto Municipal polls Monday night. Ford was officially elected trustee of the York West school board, beating her closest competitor, Matias De Dovitiis, by more than 3,000 ...

Photo above is of Ashmeed Khan, with wife, Shelly, during his acceptance speech.   By Michael Van Cooten Pride Publisher/Editor AJAX, Ontario – The Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade (APBOT) honoured veteran business executive, Ashmeed Khan, with its 2014 Business Person of ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Toronto mayoral candidate, Olivia Chow, says what keeps her going is watching how young people are responding with excitement, enthusiasm and energy to her campaign for mayor, saying: “We can work ...