KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says effective Monday, all systems are in place to facilitate number portability by individuals and businesses. Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell in this regard, both fixed-line and mobile telephone customers in Jamaica ...
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China Wants Continued Good Relations With Guyana
Photo above is of Guyana President, David Granger (left) and Ambassador Liu Huanxing, Special Envoy, Caribbean Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China, taking a photo opportunity before the meeting at the Ministry of the Presidency. Photo credit: GINA. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, ...
Read More »Ontario Court Rules In Favour Of Racial Profiling Plaintiff
TORONTO, Ontario – Last week Monday, June 15, Ontario’s Divisional Court released its decision in the racial profiling case of Aiken v. the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB). In this case, the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC) successfully argued before ...
Read More »Spirit Of Mandela Celebrated With Defiance
Photo above is of members of the Mandela Legacy Committee taking a break. Photo by Brandon Hay. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Brilliant sunshine enlivened the Spirit of Mandela Freedom Walk, led by students from Nelson ...
Read More »Black Votes Matter Campaign Ramps Up For General Election
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) has kicked off its strategy and planning sessions of its Black Votes Matter campaign in the lead up to the federal general election in ...
Read More »The Ontario Government And Its Carding Plans
By Justice Romain Pitt PRIDE Guest Writer Is the government of Ontario contemplating an amendment or amendments to the Police Act to confer more power on the police? Why all of a sudden some important people are trying to regularize ...
Read More »Why The Problems Of Senator Don Meredith Is Not A Cross That The African-Canadian Community Should Bear
By Ajamu Nangwaya PRIDE Guest Writer The news of Canadian Senator Don Meredith’s expulsion from the parliamentary caucus of the ruling Conservative Party of Canada, based on an allegation of sexual relations with a 16-year-old girl was greeted with shame, ...
Read More »Remembering The Day Of Infamy In South Carolina With Forgiveness
By Rupert Johnson Wednesday, June 17, 2015 was indeed a Day of Infamy in South Carolina, for on that fateful day nine innocent Black worshippers in the Emanuel A.M.E church were brutally gunned down by a white supremacist. There is ...
Read More »Massacre In South Carolina: A Community Prays For Forgiveness
By Sandy Daley Martin Luther King must have had the community of Charleston on his mind when he said, “We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of ...
Read More »HEALTHY REASONING: Do You Know Your Sickle Cell Status?
By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist Last Friday, June 19, was a special day for people affected directly and indirectly by sickle cell disease. It is the date designated by the United Nations (UN), as World Sickle Cell Day. ...
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