Spices play an important part in making delicious meals. They give our foods distinct flavor and aroma, but did you know that certain spices can give your body warmth? Here are just a few that can help steer off that ...
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Chef Selwyn’s Recipes: The Humble Bean – A Super Food Leading A Double Life
There aren’t a lot of foods that can hold more than one place on the food pyramid. But, long before we started talking about super foods, ancient peoples knew the benefits this humble food had to offer; as a vegetable, ...
Read More »Standing In The Gap For Our Children As They Return To Academics
By Sharmon Carrington PRIDE Guest Education Columnist It is indeed a very important time of the year. A time when your children, for the first time, are either entering the world of academics, or continuing their academic education, as they ...
Read More »Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess
Photo above: Gloria Simms plays the lead role as Queen Nanny. Photo courtesy of Roy Anderson. A Runaway History Of A Revered Jamaican Hero By Kirk Moss PRIDE Film Reviewer Deep in the thorny, mountainous and gully-side history of Jamaican society, in ...
Read More »Blue Jays Bring Back Canadian Dalton Pompey For Post-Season Depth
Photo above is of Dalton Pompey. Photo credit: www.bluejayhunter. By Lekan Afolabi PRIDE Sports Columnist It is September in baseball. This means Major League Baseball teams in postseason race are making moves for October (MLB postseason). They are looking to ...
Read More »HEALTHY REASONING: Irritable Bowel Syndrome Is An Annoying Chronic Problem
By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist When we think of problems in the gut or belly, colon, colorectal or bowel cancer comes to mind. This cancer can be detected in the large intestine or gut. It is 90% preventable ...
Read More »Four Tips To Help Couples Keep The Peace About Money
Money may not have the power to buy happiness, but it sure can stress us out. In fact, a survey by the American Psychological Association pinpointed money as the leading cause of stress for Americans, with 72 percent saying they ...
Read More »Caribbean Declared Free Of Rubella
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC — The Americas region, which includes the Caribbean has been declared free of Rubella. The declaration of the elimination of rubella and congenital rubella syndrome was made by the international expert committee for Measles and Rubella Elimination ...
Read More »Jamaica PM Officially Opens The Fidel Castro Campus Of The Anchovy High School
Photo above: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (3rd left) along with the Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Mr. Bernardo Guanche Hernandez (right) unveil a plaque in honour of the former Cuban President, Fidel Castro after whom ...
Read More »Sex Education Without Religious Borders
By Kirk Moss PRIDE Guest Columnist Re: Toronto Star article “Feeling ‘hopeless’, parents weigh other school options” by Noor Javed and Kristin Rushowy (September 3, 2015) There is an amplified voice of annoyance swirling around Ontario’s education system, and it’s ...
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