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By Frederick HalleyStaff Writer NEW YORK CITY, New York (Monday, July 31, 2023) — “The glass ceiling has been broken!” That’s how the newly-elected president of the Guyana Ex-Police Association of America (GEPAOA) Inc, Gem Sampson, recently described her elevation ...

By Neil ArmstrongPridenews Contributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Monday, July 17, 2023) — The passing of Beverley Salmon — the first Black woman elected to the municipal government of Toronto and the first Black female commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights ...

By Narissa Van CootenGuest Contributor Affirmations, I-am statements, intentions, mantras. When younger, I would hear the utterance of such words, and I did indeed, believe it was all pure nonsense. While my older brother had always referred to me as ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Tuesday, April 18, 2023) — A call is being made for advocacy groups to engage in lobbying efforts to ensure “equity in hiring and promotion practices’’, as a newly-released survey reports that there are “significant disparities between Black ...

By Neil ArmstrongContributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario (Tuesday, April 18, 2023) — A new study that focused on the high incidence of prostate cancer among immigrants from Caribbean and West African countries in Ontario, is helping a Black men’s health advocacy ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Monday, April 17, 2023) — Nadine Spencer, past President and current Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA), was appointed, by the City of Toronto, to the Toronto Police Services Board, on ...

By Yvonne SamContributing Columnist Eyelashes are the eyes newest frenemy. If eyes are the windows to the soul, then eyelashes are the gatekeepers. Currently, there is an extreme feminine aesthetic that lately, has become a parody of itself. No longer ...

By Sharon AustinGuest Contributor ST. MICHAEL, Barbados (Monday April 3, 2023) — The Barbados government remains committed to resourcing the Barbados Police Service (BPS) to enable policemen to better protect citizens, proclaimed Attorney General, Dale Marshall, adding that the Service ...

BUXTON, Guyana (Monday, April 3, 2023) — Last Saturday, representatives from the Buxton-Friendship Farmers’ Group received a number of inputs and farming implements from the Ministry of Agriculture, intended to further encourage youth involvement in the agriculture sector. Agriculture Minister, ...

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (Monday, April 3, 2023) — An additional US$70 million of investment has been earmarked for the upgrading and modernisation of the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay, St. James. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, made the announcement, ...