KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 6, 2016 (CMC) – Former finance minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, who on two occasions failed to win the presidency of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), says he will be throwing his hat in the ring ...
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Jamaica Opposition Leader, Portia Simpson Miller, Announces Plans To Step Down
KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 4, 2016 (CMC) – Less than a year after she led the People’s National Party (PNP) into defeat in the general elections, Portia Simpson Miller, is stepping down, a few days shy of her 71st birthday. Simpson ...
Read More »Racial Profiling: Black Civil Rights Also Matter!
By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist As a preliminary step, before delving into this somewhat charged topic, it is useful to define racial profiling, as the Canadian populace, in general, use the term to mean different things. For this editorial, I ...
Read More »Fifty-Five Plus Club Helping Caribbean Seniors
By Lincoln DePradine PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario December 6, 2016 — The president of an Ontario-based seniors’ group, started in the province five years ago by Grenadians, says the aim of the organization is to support the elderly of ...
Read More »Stanley G. Grizzle: Labour Union Trailblazer Fondly Remembered By Friends
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario December 6, 2016 — The late Stanley G. Grizzle accomplished many things in his life — including being the first African Canadian to be employed by the Ontario Ministry of Labour (in ...
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