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By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist In Canada, the first week in May is designated as Mental Illness Awareness Week, and one day of that is devoted to schizophrenia awareness. From the standpoint of a qualified mental health professional and a ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 29, 2017 (CMC) – The Guyana Police Force (GPF), today, denied allegations, by the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), that it had a list, containing the names of 200 people, who are being prevented from leaving the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 29, 2017 (CMC) – Jamaica’s largest alumina refinery, Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart), is set to resume production, eight years after its closure and sale to the Chinese company, JISCO. Alpart’s Assistant Managing Director, Patrick James, said ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario May 29, 2017 (PRIDE) — Ontario’s Education Minister, Mitzie Hunter, says the new OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare Program, which starts in January 2018, is one of the most exciting aspects of ...

TORONTO, Ontario May 29, 2017 – Yesterday, the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at which a new Board of Directors and Committee Chairs were elected for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. “I am looking forward to ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 27, 2017 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) first submission to the European Commission on Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) has now been published in the Commission’s ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 27, 2017 (CMC) – Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has been awarded Guyana’s Cacique’s Crown of Honour, the second highest award in the Order of Service of Guyana. LaRocque was named among ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York May 27, 2017 (CMC) – The United Nations says it is supporting several projects in the Caribbean, to underscore the connection between life on land and life below water. As the vital role of the world’s ...

By John Tory Mayor of Toronto As good as we are striving for inclusion, which matches our status as the most diverse city in the world, there still exists anti-Black racism in Toronto. It is an ongoing reality in this ...

WASHINGTON, DC May 27, 2017 (CMC) – As the Donald J. Trump administration’s Cuba policy review reaches its final stage, politicians, companies and organizations that support the policy of engagement, are making an extra effort to send a clear message ...