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By Peter Richards CMC Feature Writer ROSEAU, Dominica, September 22, 2017 (CMC) – When I lived in Dominica, nearly two decades ago, it would take me at least 15 minutes to walk from the capital, Roseau, to Loubiere in the ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist On Thursday, May 20, Quebec Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion Minister, Kathleen Weil, unveiled plans for a public consultation on systemic discrimination and racism. The government and the Quebec Human Rights Commission, along with non-profit groups, ...

By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario, September 21, 2017 — Officials from Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry will be in Toronto, next week, to consult with the republic’s Diaspora in Canada about its Diaspora Engagement Strategy. On Wednesday, September ...

GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands, September 22, 2017 (CMC) – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) will be making a payout of US$19,294,800 to Dominica, under its tropical cyclone policy, following the passage of Hurricane Maria, earlier this week. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, September 22, 2017 (CMC) – The five countries of the Nordic region have indicated that they will render assistance, through the United Nations (UN), to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states that were affected by recent hurricanes. The revelation ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 22, 2017 (CMC) – The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) is providing EC$806,000 in emergency humanitarian aid to Dominica, following the severe destruction caused by Hurricane Maria, earlier this week. The relief will ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, September 19, 2017 (CMC) – St. Lucia’s Acting Prime Minister, Lenard Montoute, says that, apart from damage to the road network and the island’s vital banana sector, the island had survived the worst of Hurricane Maria, which ...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, September 19, 2017 (CMC) – CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) announced, today, that, since its inception in 2007, it has made payouts of a little more than US$100 million to 12 of ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 19, 2017 (CMC) – A team of firemen, from the Barbados Fire Service, left the island, today, for Dominica, to render much-needed assistance to the country that was devastated by Hurricane Maria, late yesterday. Chief Fire Officer, ...

BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe, September 19, 2017 (CMC) – Hurricane Maria is being blamed for at least one death on the French-speaking Caribbean nation of Guadeloupe, yesterday, prior to making landfall in Dominica. According to government officials, one person was killed when ...