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Photo above is of Percy Sledge on tour in 1974. Photo courtesy of Gene Pugh. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Percy Sledge, who recorded the classic 1966 soul ballad “When a Man Loves a Woman,” has died. He was 74. ...

Photo above is of coach Dwane Casey with Raptors players. Photo courtesy of NBA.com. By Lekan Afolabi Pride Contributing Writer A little over two weeks ago, I was exposed to some very negative sentiments and comments about the Raptors play ...

By Peter Richards CMC Correspondent  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – By far its most celebrated case involved a Jamaican national, whose country is still going through the legislative process as to whether or not it should become a full ...

By Jon McKay Pride Mortgage Agent In a time where identity theft and Ponzi schemes are plastered across the daily news, the last thing you want to worry about is yet another way to lose your hard-earned money. But as ...

Photo above: An unidentified woman from Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central Province at Manzou Farm packs her tobacco with the help of her children as they prepare to leave following an eviction order. “Land grabs in Africa have helped to perpetuate economic ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – US President Barack Obama ended a one-day visit to Jamaica on Thursday, after spending the day with regional leaders and young people where he discussed several issues, from the state of Jamaica’s economy, and the energy ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The main challengers for the post of President have been making promises to the electorate as Guyana gets ready to elect a new head of state and National Assembly on May 11. Incumbent President Donald Ramotar ...

By Allan Bucka Jones Pride Health Columnist In May 2013, actress Angelina Jolie revealed that she had double mastectomy surgery (removing both breasts) to prevent breast cancer, a disease she had an 87 percent chance of contracting because of her genetic history, ...

By Sandy Daley Susan B. Anthony very wisely wrote, “I think the girl who is able to earn her own living and pay her own way should be as happy as anybody on earth. The sense of independence and security ...

By Amirah Pride Sex Columnist If you are looking for certainty in life, you will have better luck finding it in the certainty of one day being six feet under, than in falling in love and embarking on a relationship. ...