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KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The leaders of Jamaica’s two main political parties traded words, on Sunday night, as the campaign intensifies for the February 25 general election. Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, who is seeking re-election as head of the ...

ROSEAU, Dominica CMC – The Dominica government says, it is giving “very favourable consideration” to the construction of three hotels in the northern town of Portsmouth. Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, speaking at the launch of a Young Farmer’s Group in ...

Photo above shows a close-up of a person hand checking blood sugar level with a glucometer. Photo credit: © Can Stock Photo Inc. AndreyPopov. By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist Many of us in the Black community have chronic kidney ...

Photo above is of a nurse discussing records with a senior,  female patient during a home visit. Photo courtesy of News Canada. (NC) — People share some of their most personal health information with nurses. Whether it is a sensitive ...

Photo above is of Dr. Jonathan Wong, who, along with his mother, Dr. Rosemary Moodie, will create African Canadian Achievement Award of Excellence (ACAA) history this year, becoming the first parent-child tandem to each receive an ACAA award — in ...

The illustration above, is of the top section of the cover of the last printed edition of Pride News Magazine, dated Wednesday, February 10, 2016. The venerable newspaper is now a daily online publication. By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor After ...

By Rupert Johnson PRIDE Columnist It can be said that thoughts are powerful forces that can give rise to ideas. The Oxford Dictionary defines the word “thought” as “an idea or piece of reasoning produced by thinking.” There is no ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is calling on the Guyana government, to reconsider its proposal to restrict the importation of used vehicles, older than eight years. “This is likely to place undue pressure on low- and ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica’s ruling People’s National Party (PNP) and the main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was expected, on Tuesday, to nominate candidates for all 63 seats to be contested in the February 25 general election, here. Director ...

LONG ISLAND, New York CMC – Former Guyana Health Minister, Dr. Noel Blackman, has been refused bail after he was arrested at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, on Sunday, as part of investigations by US law enforcement authorities into ...