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KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 22, 2016 (CMC) – Commissioner of Police, Dr. Carl Williams, will be leaving office next month. The Jamaica Gleaner reports that it has obtained a copy of a letter Williams wrote to the Police Service Commission, in ...

NEW YORK, New York December 22, 2016 (CMC) – Three St. Lucians were indicted, yesterday, in connection with the 2014 abduction and murder of Menachem Stark, a landlord from Brooklyn. Acting Brooklyn District Attorney, Eric Gonzalez, said a 38-year-old St. ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Dec. 22, 2016 (CMC) – Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), Hugh Riley, says 2016 has been an impressive, but also challenging, year for tourism in the region. In his Christmas message, Riley pointed to an ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, December. 22, 2016 (CMC) – The government of Jamaica has promised to establish a memorial site for victims of the 1860 cholera epidemic that led to the deaths of approximately 40,000 persons. According to Health Minister, Dr. Christopher ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York December 22, 2016 (CMC) – A new United Nations report says a significant number of children in the Caribbean and Central America are victims of human trafficking. The report, from the United Nations Office on Drugs ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, December 21, 2016 (CMC) – Prime Minister Allen Chastanet led the tributes for prominent local businessman, Christopher Renwick, who died in Trinidad and Tobago, where he had gone for medical treatment, last week. He said Renwick, 78, ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario December 21, 2016 — The Toronto and York Region Labour Council thinks there is much that the 10-month old Anti-Racism Directorate can learn from the history of previous provincial entities established to ...

Being prepared is your best defence against a fire in your home, especially during the Holiday Season. Minimize your family’s risk of fire-related injury by following these safety tips. Smoke detectors Smoke detectors save lives. It is important to put ...

Editor: I am a retired Peel Board teacher. So, as my response to the Peel Board’s community forums to get feedback on We Rise Together, the Board’s action plan to support black male students, I submitted the following recommendations as ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Contributing Writer MARYLAND, USA, December 21, 2016 — Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite, commonly known as E.R. Braithwaite (his published name), whose autobiographical novel, “To Sir With Love”, achieved box office acclaim as a movie starring Sidney ...