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TORONTO, Ontario – Five-time Olympian, Charmaine Crooks, a Member of the Order of Canada, Olympic silver medalist and the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Summer Games, will receive the Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Canada, on Monday, signed an agreement with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), providing CDN$20,000 (One Canada dollar = US$0.68 cents) for purchasing equipment to be used in the local government elections, last held here on August ...

Photo above: LCdr Paul Smith, right, pictured receiving his EREBUS Coin from RAdm. John Newton. Photo by Master Corporal Holly Swaine. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer In summer 2014, when then Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, announced, while on the ...

Photo above is of Associate Professor, Hyacinth Simpson. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — This year marks the 100th anniversary of the “Halifax incident” which took place in Nova Scotia and a Ryerson University professor is soliciting ...

WASHINGTON, DC (CMC) – The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, says, justice and ethics are essential in the relationship between governments and the opposition in the hemisphere, including the Caribbean. “Justice and ethics must ...

(NC) The New Year brings an opportunity to inaugurate a fresh, clean diet. But forget trendy diets du jour, and look instead to simple, easy to find citrus as a low-calorie, fat burning option. Citrus fruit like lemons, oranges, grapefruit ...

By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist It is the start of a new year, the end of the holiday season. A couple of weeks ago, we were occupied with making numerous decisions…from gift buying, wrapping and distribution to interaction ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Issues related to the renewable energy sector and strengthening bilateral ties were discussed, when Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Reem Al Hashimy, paid a courtesy call on President David Granger on Monday. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams, has responded to several complaints of sexual harassment within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and has warned that those found guilty could face criminal charges or dismissal. In force orders published ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – A call has been made for a Commission of Inquiry to be held into a surveillance operation carried out by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) that led to the death three persons last month. The incident ...