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UNITED NATIONS, New York, August 24, 2017 (CMC) – Remembering the universal demand for freedom, which led to the 1791 insurrection by slaves in what is now called Haiti, the head of the United Nations cultural and educational agency, yesterday, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica August 24, 2017 — Tourism Director, Paul Pennicook, demitted office, last Friday, August 18, following the end of his three-year term. Pennicook, who returned to the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) in July 2014, was given the mandate to ...

MIAMI, Florida August 24, 2017 — The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Education Foundation (CHTAEF) is awarding more than $130,000 worth of scholarships to nearly three dozen Caribbean students this year. Including the renewal of 12 scholarships awarded to students ...

QUEBEC, Canada, August 23, 2017 (CMC) — On Monday, Canada said it was aware of a new plan by Haitians, seeking to enter the country from their homeland, using the United States as a brief stopover. The Canadian authorities said ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 17, 2017 (CMC) – The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) says Usain Bolt has been invited to serve as a Special Ambassador for the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. JTB said it is “vital that the ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist In the Black community there appears to be a recent upsurge in people getting tattoos. Some folks find them unattractive, while others view them as works of art or self-expression. Recently when asked if I ...

By Leon A. Barrett PRIDE Education Columnist Another school year is upon us and, among other things, many students and their parents are concerned about how to navigate and succeed in the educational maze or educational system. There is general ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica August 17, 2017 — JN Money Services Limited (JNMS) has expanded its JN Money remittance network to Honduras and India, as a result of a partnership with the United States-based company, Transfast. Transfast, an international money transfer company, ...

By Mark Brown PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario, August 17, 2017 — On May 17, 1882, Albert Jackson was appointed by the federal government to the position of letter carrier, making him Toronto’s, and possibly Canada’s, first Black postman. Jackson ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 17, 2017 (CMC) – Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has sought to assure the public that there is no secrecy in meetings with US energy giant ExxonMobil. According to Trotman, meetings held, earlier this month, were ...