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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Mar. 28, (CMC) – A new report, by the Defense National Network of Human Rights (RNDDH), shows that 35 members of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) were killed, during a 14 month period. In its ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar. 28, (CMC) – The San Fernando City Corporation (SFCC) says, it is taking legal action to prevent the sale of medals, won by Trinidad and Tobago’s first Olympic medalist, Rodney Wilkes, who died on March ...

By Mark Brown PRIDE Guest Columnist In 2013, two-year-old Eva Ravikovich’s lifeless body was discovered in an overcrowded Vaughan home daycare. “Guilty” was the verdict recently rendered by Justice of the Peace, Marie-Christine Smythe, in a Toronto area courtroom. Justice Smythe ...

TORONTO, Ontario — Personable, veteran Liberal MPP, Bas Balkissoon, resigned — suddenly — his seat in the Ontario legislature, without explanation on Tuesday, March 22. “Today, Bas Balkissoon advised me of his resignation and that he is stepping down as ...

HAMILTON, Ontario — The first Absolutely Fabulous Women Over Forty Awards (AFW), celebrating and honouring women over 40-years-of-age for their remarkable achievements and contributions to the communities they live in, was, according to its organiser, “a fabulous success”. Founded by ...

TORONTO, Ontario — On Thursday, March 17, Formula Honda, an award-winning automobile retailer in Scarborough, donated a cheque for $4,700.00 to The Scarborough Hospital (TSH) Foundation for its Maternal Newborn and Childcare Program at the hospital’s Birchmount Campus. The cheque ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar. 26, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago dollar exchange rate, against the United States dollar, depreciated by an estimated three per cent over the first three months of this year, the Central Bank of Trinidad ...

Photo above is of Robin Mahfood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Food For The Poor. Photo courtesy of Food for the Poor. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 26, (CMC) – The inter-denominational Christian ministry, “Food for the Poor”, says, it has ...

Photo above: Haiti’s new Prime Minister, Enex Jean-Charles. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Mar 26, (CMC) – It was second time lucky for interim President Jocelerme Privert after Parliament, on Friday, approved his choice for prime minister, less than a week ...

By Nelson A. King CMC US Correspondent NEW YORK, New York Mar. 27, (CMC) – A Brooklyn, New York judge has agreed to release on bail, a JetBlue flight attendant and former Jamaican beauty queen, charged with leaving 70 pounds ...