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Sylvester Stallone is one of Hollywood’s best stories – a real life homeless, wannabe actor who was so broke that he was sleeping in a New York City bus terminal in the early 1970s, but rose to multiple Academy Awards ...

Suck Salt By Lorna King PRIDE Poet for you I reserved a place, completely yours till you poisoned me. Gave me stories filled with mines; offered me guarantees which froze in the cold icy winter; melted in the summer; then ...

By Carla Hindman PRIDE Financial Columnist How often do you discuss money with your children? If your answer is “not often,” you’re not alone. Many kids end up learning about money management through the school of hard knocks- but this ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, October 21, 2016 (CMC) – At least five people were killed and one other was reported missing as torrential rains caused fresh flooding in Haiti, which is still recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Matthew, earlier ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario October 21, 2016 (PRIDE) — An intellectual hub in the African Canadian community, A Different Booklist, an independent bookstore and literary cultural destination in Toronto, won the Arts Organization Award, earlier this month, ...

OTTAWA / GENEVA  October 21, 2016 – The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, today, expressed serious concerns about systemic anti-Black racism in the criminal justice system in Canada. “There is clear evidence that racial ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, October 21, 2016 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), today, said it had launched an investigation into the death of Adil Gilbert, 34, who was shot and killed by police officers ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, October 21, 2016 (CMC) – The main opposition, United Progressive Party (UPP), today, said it would stage a boycott of the independence celebrations, after accusing the Gaston Browne administration of using the occasion to push its own ...