Photo above depicts cows taking refuge from the sun under a tree at the Bodles Agricultural Station in Jamaica. The drought caused millions of dollars in losses for farmers who had no water. Photo credit: Zadie Neufville/IPS. By Zadie Neufville ...
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New Canadian PM Meets US President
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau,left, and US President, Barack Obama, talk, animatedly, with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico, prior to an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC) meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, Philippines, on November ...
Read More »Squash Is The Glory Of The Garden And The Sweetheart Of Gourmet Salads
By Chef Selwyn Richards PRIDE Cuisine Columnist Many gardeners experience tremendous pride when they harvest their first squash, and it’s no wonder. Squash, any squash, is a beautiful, boastful crop. Part of the thrill is the anticipation, since many varieties ...
Read More »Africentric School Report Highlights Successes — And Major Challenges
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — A new study, the Africentric Alternative School Research Project: Year 3 (2013-2014) Report, has highlighted some of the successes of the school, in spite of major challenges. The report has ...
Read More »Celebrate The Holiday Season With The Soweto Gospel Choir
A perennial favourite — described by JazzTimes Montreal in 2013 as “….nothing less than an international treasure; you simply can’t fake the type of joy that the singers pour into the music” — the Soweto Gospel Choir returns to Toronto; ...
Read More »Rest Easy: Five Ways To Get Better Sleep Tonight
By Dr. George Traitses PRIDE Health Columnist It’s one thing to fall asleep; it’s another to stay asleep all night, and even another, to enjoy a full night of peaceful, restorative sleep that gives your body and mind an appropriate ...
Read More »Climate Change Worsening Coastal Erosion In Trinidad
Photo shows coastal damages in the aftermath of the floods in Trinidad & Tobago. Photo credit: Rajiv Jalim/IPS. By Rajiv Jalim IPS Caribbean Correspondent PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (IPS) — As unusually heavy rainfall battered Trinidad’s east coast a year ago, a ...
Read More »Africa Clinches Mega Development Prospects
Photo above: Road networks facing dereliction in many African nations like Zimbabwe (Pictured) could receive a lifeline from the Programme For Infrastructure Development in Africa. Photo credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Jeffrey Moyo IPS Africa Correspondent HARARE, Zimbabwe (IPS) — The Week ...
Read More »No Election Before New Voters List Published, Says Jamaica PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, who says she is waiting the touch from God before announcing the date for the next general election, has told supporters that they will probably know the date for the polls ...
Read More »Guyanese To Vote In Long-delayed Local Government Elections In March 2016
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government, last week Friday, announced that the long-delayed Local Government elections will be held on March 18, next year. The Local Government elections were last held in 1994, when the now opposition People’s Progressive ...
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