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KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 16, 2017 (CMC) — The executive director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Dr. Delroy Gordon, died suddenly, early today, at a hospital in the eastern parish of Portland. Gordon joined the JCDC – the organization ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, March 16, 2017 (CMC) – The management of the St. Croix-based Hummingbird Air is currently in negotiations with a new management group, as the carrier prepares to suspend its services as of April 1. Managing Director of Hummingbird ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 16, 2017 (CMC) – Leader of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), Portia Simpson Miller, added her voice to others, who have called on the Andrew Holness administration to reverse the J$13.5 billion (One Jamaica dollar ...

By Desmond Brown IPS Contributing Writer GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 16, 2017 (IPS) — As Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries continue to build on the momentum of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) of the ...

By Michael L. Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor PICKERING, Ontario March 16, 2017 — Amid an ambiance of national pride and conviviality, about 100 of the Who’s Who of Barbados’ Canadian Diaspora, and other guests, bore witness to the official Canadian ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, March 16, 2017 (CMC) – The Energy and Petroleum Commission in Venezuela has rejected the oil operations in Guyana’s Essequibo region. According to a report in El Nacional – a Venezuelan newspaper — the Energy and Petroleum Commission ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 15, 2017 (CMC) – National Security Minister, Robert Montague, says more than 150 guns and over 1, 500 rounds of ammunition have been seized by law enforcement authorities so far this year. Montague said that up until ...

One of Ireland’s most historic homes is for sale. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and ‘drown the shamrock’ at the Guinness Beer Castle that has reigned over the rolling emerald hills of Ireland near Dublin since the 18th century. In recent ...

By Martin Khor IPS Guest Writer PENANG, Malaysia March 15, 2017 (IPS) — Last year Uber started testing driver-less cars, with humans inside to make corrections in case something goes wrong. If the tests go well, Uber will presumably replace ...

By Rupert Johnson PRIDE Columnist With regard to the perennial wave of crime and violence in Jamaica, it was heartening to read the comments of Robertino Gordon, dean of discipline at Cornwall College in Montego Bay. He stressed the fact ...