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By Lyndal Rowlands IPS Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York September 9, 2016 (IPS) –– Despite their prominence on the world stage, female political leaders, like Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel, are part of a tiny minority of women who ...

By Rosanna Haroutounian in Quebec City Racial profiling by police is not a new phenomenon. The ability to now document aggression by law enforcement against African Americans and other racialized people and broadcast the footage around the world makes this long-standing injustice ...

By Kenton X. Chance CMC Caribbean Correspondent KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, September 9, CMC – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government is seeking an urgent meeting with the management of the regional airline, LIAT, following the airline’s poor service to ...

MIAMI, Florida September 9, 2016 (CMC) – Prince Buster, the Jamaican Ska singer, songwriter and producer, died here, yesterday, of health complications. The ska pioneer, who was 78-years-old, had reportedly been in poor health for some time, after suffering a ...

NEW YORK, New York September 9,  2016 (CMC) – A New York grand jury has indicted a fifth person in connection with the murder, last year, of Carey Gabay, the Jamaica-born legal aide to New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo. Gabay ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 9, 2016 (CMC) – The Guyana Bar Association (GBA), today, said Guyana had been successful in getting a new agreement signed that would allow for 25 top University of Guyana (UG) graduates gaining automatic entry to the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, September 9, 2016 (CMC) – Police are searching for the killers of a 15-year-old schoolboy, who was shot near his home in Chaguanas, in Central Trinidad last night. Police said that Mohammed Ali, a ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica September 8, 2016 — Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has called for a thorough review of the country’s national football program. The Minister’s call came as the Reggae Boyz completed their Concacaf World ...

Even the most politically disinterested person has not escaped being gobsmacked by what might be the strangest presidential campaign in American history. Candidates are scrutinized and bicker on everything from their marital history and health to even their choice of ...

By Kadian Brown JIS Contributing Writer  KINGSTON, Jamaica September 8, 2016 (JIS) — Jamaica’s Film Commissioner, Renée Robinson, and 19 industry leaders arrived in Canada, yesterday, to attend the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) from September 8 to 14. The delegation, ...