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By Thalif Deen IPS UN Correspondent UNITED NATIONS, New York (IPS) — Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who passed away, on Tuesday, at the age of 93, was the only UN Secretary-General (1992-1996) to be denied a second term in office because of ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Former Attorney General, Dale Marshall, is questioning the wisdom in having Barbadian nationals, leaving or returning to the country, be subjected to being finger printed. Marshall told the Barbados Today on line publication, that the new ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Caribbean tourism industry recorded a seven per cent increase in tourist arrivals last year, with an estimated 28.7 million people visiting the region, the Secretary General of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Hugh Riley, ...

ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – The Dominica government is questioning the accuracy of a report by the Children Rights International Network (CRIN), that gave the island a low rank among global countries, in how effectively children can use the law to ...

Photo above: Raymond Tim Kee. Photo credit: FIFA. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Port of Spain City Council was not expected to make a decision, yesterday, on the resignation of Mayor Raymond Tim Kee, even as the controversy ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Some Black Community Advocates and activists view the sudden resignation of the city’s second black deputy chief of police, Peter Sloly, from the Toronto Police Service (TPS), as a loss for ...

Above photo: L-R: Morgan Heritage members, Gramps Morgan, Lukes Morgan and Peetah Morgan, show off their Grammy awards. Missing from photo are Mojo Morgan and Una Morgan. Photo credit: MPR Consulting. LOS ANGELES, California — Last night, exuding exultation and ...

Photo above is of Emilie Upczak, centre,  flanked by Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival External Relations Director, Nneka Luke, at left, and Art Director, Melanie Archer. Photo courtesy of ScreenDaily. PORT-of-SPAIN, T&T – Moving Parts, a film by Trinidad-based, American ...

PLACENCIA, Belize CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders began their two-day Inter-sessional summit here, today, amid concerns of slow economic growth, the global oil situation and the threat to corresponding banking in the region. Host Prime Minister and incoming CARICOM ...

Photo above is JLP Leader, Andrew Holness. Photo courtesy of JLP. KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) refuted media reports, yesterday, that its political leader, Andrew Holness, is being investigated by state agencies. “The JLP would like ...