By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – The next chief of the Toronto Police Service, Deputy Chief Mark Saunders — the city’s first Black police chief — says he is willing to meet with groups that have issues ...
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Guyana Opposition APNU-AFC Candidates Promise Expatriates A Safe Guyana To Return To
Photo above: APNU-AFC candidates, Moses Nagamootoo, left, and David Granger — wearing garlands of flowers — are greeted by supporters and local media executive, Tony McWatt, right. Photo by John O’Dell, who also sang a rendition of Frank Sinatra’s “My ...
Read More »Monty Alexander: Jamaica-born Musical Genius Creates Jazz-Reggae Hybrid
Photo above is of Monty Alexander, centre, and his Harlem-Kingston Express band. By Michael Van Cooten Pride Publisher/Editor Who would have ever thought of mixing and intermingling the swinging beats of American jazz with the sensual, erotic riffs of Jamaican ...
Read More »Game 1: The Wily Wizard Vs. The Raptors
Photo above: Kyle Lowry (in red and black) and John Wall did not live up to the point guard battle hype. Photo credit: www.raptorscage.ca. By Lekan Afolabi Pride Sports Columnist If you have been watching the NBA playoffs for as ...
Read More »Giving African Artists Their Names
Photo above: Putting a face and name to unsung African artists – photo of Kuakudili, an Ivory Coast artist who carved sacred masks both for masquerade dancers in neighbouring villages as well as for his own people. Cubism. Photo credit: ...
Read More »Former NFL Star Found Guilty In Murder Of Antiguan-born Semiprofessional Player
MASSACHUSETTS, USA, CMC – Former National Football League (NFL) star, Aaron Hernandez, who was accused of killing an Antiguan born semi-professional player, was found guilty of first-degree murder when he appeared in court on Wednesday. Hernandez, 25, a former tight ...
Read More »World Bank Wants Caribbean To Adapt To ‘New Normal’ Amid Economic Slowdown
WASHINGTON, DC, CMC – With China growing at a more moderate pace and commodity prices stabilizing at lower levels, the World Bank has urged Latin America and the Caribbean to adapt to a “new normal”. In its latest report, the ...
Read More »Grenada Minister Says Men Should Not Be Ashamed To Report Rape Cases
GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Social Development Minister Delma Thomas, last Friday, called on men who are raped not to be ashamed to report the incident to the police because an injustice had been done to them. “Too many times men ...
Read More »World Bank Says Remittances Growth Will Slow Down In 2015
WASHINGTON, DC, CMC – The World Bank says remittances growth in the Caribbean is expected to slow in 2015. The Washington-based international financial institution said in its latest issue of its Migration and Development Brief, that growth in global remittances, ...
Read More »CCJ President Urges All Member States To Complete Full Accession To The Court
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron has called on all member states within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to come fully on board with the regional court. “It would be ...
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