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WASHINGTON, D.C. October 28, (CMC) – The World Bank says, Jamaica and Mexico have recorded the most reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean in the last five years, continuing to make big strides to improve their countries’ business climate ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, October 28, (CMC) – Police said, the severed head of a man was found in a concrete dumpster in a crime “hot spot”, east of the capital on Wednesday. They said, that the gruesome discovery was ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – the Jamaica government has granted a licence to the Canadian nutraceutical and pharmaceutical company, Timeless Herbal Care Limited (THC), allowing it to cultivate marijuana, locally, for research and development, in keeping with provisions outlined in the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Calypsonian David Rudder has been honoured with the degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus. Rudder, who had the honour bestowed on him by UWI ...

Running is an increasingly popular pursuit, and for good reason. It’s a great cardiovascular and total-body workout, not to mention the mental-health benefits — challenging yourself, spending a little time in the Great Outdoors, enjoying a little one-on-one time amid ...

By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist The standard technique now used by most doctors to confirm prostate cancer is transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy, commonly referred to as biopsy of the prostate gland. However recently, magnetic resonance imaging / ultrasound-guided ...

By Beverly Browne PRIDE Contributing Writer While many people have appreciated the music of Carlene Davis over the years, some might not know that she’s an enterprising businesswoman. Working closely with her husband-manager Tommy Cowan.  The pair could be described as ...

Photo above: William Mahfood, President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica and Chairman of the Wisynco Group in Jamaica, addresses Jamaicans residing in Toronto during the JN Outlook for the Future series. Seated at head table, from left to right, are: Earl Jarrett, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former Jamaica prime minister P.J. Patterson has criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron of seeking to “trivialise and diminish the significance of 300 years of British enslavement of Africans”. In an open letter to the British ...

Thinking of pumpkin as a nutritious super food can be a bit puzzling. After all, isn’t the image that comes to mind sweet and smooth and covered in whipped cream? But, according to nutritionists, we should be thinking of pumpkin ...