PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 15, 2017 (CMC) – A High Court judge will, on May 16, rule whether or not the former chairman of CL Financial, Lawrence Duprey, can change his defence in a matter in which ...
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Jamaican Detainee Dies In US Hospital
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana March 15, 2017 (CMC) – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a 47-year-old Jamaican national, in its custody, has died at Lafayette General Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana. ICE said the cause of death ...
Read More »British Youth Dies In Freak Accident In Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 15, 2017 (CMC) – A 16-year-old British national died, yesterday after she fell onto the deck of a yacht, while cleaning its mast. Police said Bethany Smith died at hospital, where she had been taken after falling ...
Read More »World Bank Report Says Deeper Integration Vital For Growth In Latin America And The Caribbean
WASHINGTON, DC March 14, 2017 (CMC) – The World Bank, today, said a deeper economic integration among Latin American and Caribbean countries will make the region more competitive in international markets and boost long-term growth. In a new report titled ...
Read More »“Incompetent” Says Opposition Concerning Jamaica 2017/2018 Budget
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 14, 2017 (CMC) – The main opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP), spokesman on Finance, Dr. Peter Phillips, says the Andrew Holness-led administration has displayed incompetence, based on the content of the 2017/2018 Budget Debate that was presented ...
Read More »Guyana Government And Opposition Differ On Issue Of Presidential Immunity
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 14, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana government and the main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) appeared to be on a collision course, today, after Opposition Leader and former president, Bharrat Jagdeo, publicly disagreed with the position of ...
Read More »Mrs. Elaine Esther Williams Passes On, Peacefully
TORONTO, Ontario March 14, 2017 — Mrs. Elaine Esther Williams (nee Fung), passed away, peacefully, in her 85th year, while surrounded by family, last Friday. Guyana-born Williams — along with one of her sons, popular auto mechanic Alfred Williams — ...
Read More »I Am Black; You Are Black; But Do I Know You?
By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist Here we go again, with the least intention of ruffling any feathers or appearing like a snake oil saleswoman. Black History month has just gone by, amidst the perpetual disgruntlement of it being the shortest ...
Read More »Graphic Novel Written By Immigrant Women Launched In Toronto
By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario March 13, 2017 — Immigrant women in Ontario have a new tool to help them in their effort to raise awareness about sexual violence and harassment in refugee and immigrant communities. “Telling Our ...
Read More »African Canadian Organizations Welcome Ontario’s Anti-racism Strategic Plan
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario March 14, 2017 (PRIDE) — Several African Canadian organizations are lauding the provincial government for “A Better Way Forward:” Ontario’s Three-Year Anti-Racism Strategic Plan, which was announced, last Tuesday, by Michael Coteau, ...
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