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TORONTO, Ontario, June 23 –– Sunrise Talent Development Program Inc. (STDP), the non-profit entity that organises the annual Jamaica Day Cultural and Music Fest, has cancelled the popular community event for 2016. STDP, which has been annually presenting the venerable ...

NEW YORK, New York June 23, (CMC) – The New York City Council has unanimously passed a resolutions, tabled by Haiti-born Council Member, Dr. Mathieu Eugene, calling on New York State and the United States to recognize the contributions Haitians ...

By Jessica Faieta IPS Guest Writer Caribbean and Latin American countries have experienced historic economic and social transformation in recent years. This has led to a considerable reduction in poverty and inequality and to advances in closing gender, labor and ...

By Christopher Pala IPS Africa Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC June 23, (IPS) — In 2011, Dyhia Belhabib was a volunteer in the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, when she was asked to participate in the Sea ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, June23, (CMC) – A senior police officer, today, won a major court battle against the state ,after being charged following an incident in November 2013. The police report that in 2015, Sergeant Philbert Bertrand was arrested and charged ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, June 23, (CMC) – The report from the Commission of Enquiry, appointed to probe the failure of regional insurance conglomerate, Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO), by the end of this month, was handed over ...

WASHINGTON, DC June 22, (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says after several decades of low growth and rising public debt, Jamaica has made significant progress in restoring economic stability, due mainly to strong policies and program ownership. The ...

By Lincoln Depradine PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — A new publication, anthologizing the success of African-Canadian women, has been hailed by provincial and national leaders, including the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and the Prime Minister of Canada. “100 Accomplished ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, June 22, (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, says his administration will not be “intimidated and bullied” in its ongoing public battle with Sandals Resort International (SRI), over the payment of taxes to his ...

By Tomeica Gunn JIS Contributing Writer  PORT MORANT, Jamaica, June 22 (JIS) — Students of Port Morant Primary and Junior High School, winners of the Health Ministry’s Jingle Competition, are happy to make their contribution to the fight against the ...