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By Dr. Leon A. Barrett PRIDE Education Columnist In an earlier commentary, I hinted that parents’ involvement in their children’s education at school is complex and could be a test of wills. Here, I will begin to simplify the structure, ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, November 1, 2017 (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda is celebrating 36 years of political independence from Britain, today, with Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, saying the occasion was taking place “under very trying times”. “Barbuda, our ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario, November 1, 2017 — Toronto councillor, Michael Thompson, says a lot of cool things are happening in the city and Black Canadians must want to be a part of it. He is encouraging ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist This comparison of the sexual victims of two men of means, is in no way meant to disparage or deprecate their experience, but to show instead, in black and white, how two similar situations are ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, November 1, 2017 (CMC) – The Speaker of the St. Lucia Parliament, Leonne Theodore-John, is likely to be released from hospital, today, after she collapsed during a marathon session of the House of Assembly. Theodore-John, a lawyer ...

TORONTO, Ontario, November 1, 2017 – At the Toronto Global Forum, an international conference fostering dialogue on national and global issues, the Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Timothy Harris, gave a noteworthy speech, in ...

By Victor and Sharmon Carrington PRIDE Contributing Writers TORONTO, Ontario, November 1, 2017 — Oh! What a night! What a night! What a Saturday night! Saturday night-before-the last, at the Toronto Centre for The Arts, we were among the hundreds, ...

JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, October 31, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, says he was aware of an investigation, involving his former Tourism and Investment Minister, Asot Michael, prior to his detention at the Gatwick Airport, last week, by ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario, October 31, 2017 — The 34-year-old Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) has a new president at its helm, who plans to grow the organization as much as possible. Nadine Spencer and ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 25, 2017 (CMC) – A businessman, who is accused of forging the signature of former prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, on a waiver to defraud his employer of US$750,000, is scheduled to return to the Kingston and ...