By Nelson A. King CMC Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC May 5, (CMC) – United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, has identified what he regarded as three priority areas in which the Obama administration would like the economies of Latin America ...
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Visit To West Africa Stirs Memories Of African Slave Trade
By Kenton X. Chance CMC Caribbean Correspondent DAKAR, Senegal, May 5, (CMC) — Belize’s ambassador to the European Union, Dr. Dylan Vernon, was excited about coming to West Africa for the first time, even though it was not just about ...
Read More »Time To Recognize Depression In Black Men And Women
By Dr. Peter Sealy PRIDE Columnist Oh sunless sky, how one wished they hadn’t seen your sullen face. Depression is happiness replaced by the pain of sadness. It is like a flowerless spring, a colorless rainbow, and a summer without ...
Read More »Are African Canadians An Endangered Species For Senate And Other Government Appointments?
By Mark Brown PRIDE Columnist “My nails are so white they should be part of the Senate”. What did they just say? That was my response when I first over heard this statement being made recently by some millennials. They ...
Read More »PRIDE NEWS MAGAZINE EXCLUSIVE: Whitby MP Urges African-Canadian Community To Come Together And Advocate
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer WHITBY, Ontario — Celina Caesar-Chavannes, the Member of Parliament for Whitby, is willing to facilitate meetings between the African Canadian community and the federal government, but believes the community has to come together first, ...
Read More »Jamaica’s Ministries Of Health And Education Join Forces To Address Special Education Needs
By Chad Bryan JIS Correspondent KINGSTON, Jamaica May 4 (JIS) — The Ministries of Health, and Education, Youth and Information will be partnering to more effectively serve children with special educational needs. Education Minister, Senator Ruel Reid, said the intervention, ...
Read More »Guyana Government Doing Everything Possible To Reduce Crime, Says Minister Ramjattan
GEORGETOWN, Guyana May 5 (GINA) — Guyana’s Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, told the National Assembly, last evening, that the government is very concerned about the crime situation in Guyana, and is doing everything possible to reduce crime. “We on this ...
Read More »Jamaica Government To Roll Out Assistance To Flood-Affected Farmers Next Week
By Alecia Smith-Edwards JIS Correspondent PORTLAND, Jamaica May 4 (JIS) — Starting next week, the government will roll out a program of assistance for farmers in Portland and St. Thomas, who lost crops and livestock during the recent flood rains. ...
Read More »My First Mother’s Day, Without My Baby Girl
By Andrea Onley Guest Writer I found out I was pregnant while I was at my annual physical. My doctor wanted to run some tests and asked if I was pregnant. I gave the old response “maybe, who knows” with ...
Read More »More Immigrant Entrepreneurs Becoming Canadian Permanent Residents Through Start-up Visa Program
OTTAWA, Ontario May 5, – The Canadian government says more immigrant entrepreneurs are coming to Canada through the Start-up Visa Program and the benefits are spreading growth and opportunity to middle-class families across the country. The program targets immigrant entrepreneurs ...
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