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Photo above is of Senator Don Meredith, who received an ACAA Excellence in Politics award in 2011. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer OTTAWA, Ontario — Don Meredith, the first ever Jamaican to serve in the Senate of Canada and fourth ...

Photo above: Designed by Dominic Hutch. On July 18, Joan Pierre and Associates, as part of the cultural component of the Toronto Pan Am Games — Panamania — is presenting Cuttin’ Style, a Caribbean gala fashion show and dinner. The ...

Photo above: Andre De Grasse celebrates his win for USC with a wind assisted time of 9.75 — one of the fastest times ever run in the 100m. Photo credit: www.thetimesunion.com. By Lekan Afolabi PRIDE Sports Columnist For most great athletes, ...

Submitted by Dr. George Traitses Not all calories are the same, especially when it comes to the calories you drink. Most people tend to revolve their diet plans around the foods they consume, often forgetting that what they drink on ...

Sibling Rivalries And Old Grudges Can Surface When Money Is On The Line, Family Wealth Guru Says The recently deceased don’t always ingratiate themselves with their survivors when it comes time to read the will. “People want to control things ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says it has extended the contract of the Canadian oil and gas company, CGX Energy allowing it to continue its work engagements on the Corentyne Block, offshore Guyana. Co-Chairman of the oil Company, ...

TORONTO, Ontario — Director Sharon Lewis has launched a crowd-funding campaign to create the first Caribbean-Canadian sci-fi feature film, Brown Girl in the Ring: The Prequel. The film depicts a coming-of-age story, set in a futuristic ghetto, and inspired by ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica police are searching for several persons, many of whom on charges of murder, who staged a jail break over the past few hours. The authorities have since released the photos of seven men who escaped from ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – More than 170 years after an ordinance was issued by the then British government, President David Granger says Bartica will attain the status of township on April 23, next year. “I made a promise when I ...

WASHINGTON, DC, CMC – Jamaican attorney Margarette May Maculay has been elected as a Commissioner of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for a four-year term. Macaulay serves as Mediator in the Supreme Court of Jamaica and an ...