Photo above is of Damian Warner. Photo courtesy of QMI Agency. By Lekan Afolabi PRIDE Sports Columnist Aside from every Torontonian, and Canadians as a whole, the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games – which concluded on Sunday July 26 with ...
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Trini’ Marlon Griffith’s Ring of Fire Forges New Relations In Toronto
Photo above is of Marlon Griffith at the Sculpture Studio at York University. Photo credit: Neil Armstrong. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Just as the TO2015 Parapan American Games are kicking off, Toronto will witness Ring ...
Read More »Don’t Fill Up On Empty Calories
Submitted by Dr. George Traitses Many of the health risks people face today are a direct consequence of eating too much processed, vitamin- and mineral-deficient foods high in calories. In general, these foods are best described as containing “empty calories.” ...
Read More »HEALTHY REASONING: The Health Benefits Of Coconut Oil
By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist I recall growing up in Jamaica when the only cooking oil was coconut oil. Many people actually made their own coconut oil. Back then there was prolific growth of the tall variety of ...
Read More »Chef Selwyn’s Recipes: Ham: Varieties And Terminology
The term ham is usually restricted to a cut of pork. Ham can either be dry cured or wet cured. A dry cured ham has been rubbed in a mixture containing salt and a variety of other ingredients including sugar ...
Read More »Mideast Arms Build-up Negative Fallout From Iran Nuclear Deal
Photo above: In an exercise, a Kuwaiti F18 Hornet fighter aircraft stages an attack on Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS St Albans. Currently, Israel and all six GCC countries are armed with state-of-the art fighter planes, mostly from the ...
Read More »Obama Walks Fine Line In Kenya On LGBTI Rights
Photo above: Presidents Barack Obama and Uhuru Kenyatta wave to delegates at the Opening Plenary at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, in Nairobi, Kenya on July 25, 2015. Photo credit: U.S. Embassy Nairobi. By Aruna Dutt IPS Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, New ...
Read More »Jamaica Moving To Protect Trademarks And Patents
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica says it is taking steps to protect is trademark, geographical indications and patents. “In this regard, we have been doing much to develop this regime. Our efforts include amendments to the Trademarks Act to protect ...
Read More »Rice Industry Too Important To Fail: President Granger
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government, on Monday, sought to re-assure rice farmers here, that the industry is too important to the country’s economic fortunes to be allowed to fail. “The problems in the industry can be overcome by ...
Read More »Jamaica Pleased With Sale Of Debt On International Market: Finance And Planning Minister
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Jamaica government says the two billion US dollars raised on the international market as a result of a debt sale is the highest ever for the country. “This is more than twice our previous largest, ...
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