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Photo above: Ebonnie Rowe (Front row, third from left, in black and white dress) and members of the Honey Jam crew. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Honey Jam, a Canadian incubator program for young female artists, ...

BOSTON, Massachusetts, CMC – After an outcry from neighbors, elected officials and the Boston Police Department officials here say this year’s Caribbean J’ouvert will be shortened. The early morning celebration scheduled for August 29 will be cut nearly in half ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York, CMC – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said, on Tuesday, that a United Nations mission will visit his country and Guyana in a bid to encourage dialogue and deal with the centuries old border dispute between the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – A recent World Bank study has found that Jamaica could record growth averaging five per cent per annum, if the country’s trade and investment facilitation process is significantly improved. As a result, Minister without Portfolio in ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – A magistrate court has adjourned to August 28, hearing of an extradition request by the United States for former national security minister, Austin “Jack” Warner, who is wanted on a number of charges relating ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Fire and forestry authorities have launched a public awareness programme after hundreds of acres of forest cover have been lost so far this year due to indiscriminate fires started by citizens. “In these dry times, you ...

BASETTERE, St. Kitts, CMC – In a bid to strengthen the relationship with Canada the government has announced plans to establish a High Commission in Ottawa. Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris who made the announcement on radio late Wednesday said ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Canada has introduced a revision to its new entry requirements for all visa-exempt travellers seeking to enter the country by air. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade here said it has been advised that ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Dr. Ralph Agard passed away suddenly last Saturday, July 25, with his wife, Renette Agard, at his side. Agard was known for his international work on human rights, diversity, equity and organizational change; he developed operational plans ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — BlackLivesMatter-Toronto has condemned the decision of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) to clear police officers in the shooting homicide of Jermaine Carby. On Monday evening, the group organized a protest that ...