UNITED NATIONS, New York (CMC) – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said, foreign direct investment (FDI) to the Caribbean “faltered” in 2015. In its latest Global Investment Trends Monitor, the UN agency said that flows” also ...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat said, on Tuesday, that company registries within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will go online this year. It said, this development stems from an ongoing project funded by ...
Read More »Chef Selwyn’s Recipes: Create Dazzling Delicious Gourmet Fresh Fruit Salads
If you enjoy making fruit salads as part of your summer fare during picnics and family get-togethers, you’re going to love the suggestions we have for you here. Knowing how to combine the right blend of fruits in a salad, ...
Read More »Playing Field Uneven For Canadian Female Athletes
(NC) It can be difficult for many elite athletes to find sufficient funding to allow them to train full-time. That said, it is arguably most difficult for women in Canada. This inequality is exemplified through the professionally-run Canadian Women’s Hockey ...
Read More »Lower Limb Pain: Knee Pain – Part 2
By Dr. Virginia Nsitem PRIDE Pain Specialist Do your knees buckle when you make a quick move or do your knees crack with each step, squatting, or going up and down stairs? This article will discuss how to “kick” knee ...
Read More »Africa: Only If It Bleeds It Leads?
By Baher Kamal IPS Africa Correspondent Cairo, Egypt (IPS) — Africa is clearly one of the most negatively impacted regions in the world, not helped by the increasing trend of the mainstream media to focus on tragic news, following a ...
Read More »Reflections Can Stir Us To Action
By Rupert Johnson PRIDE Columnist At this gloomy, depressing and debilitating season when the world seems to be in turmoil, a few thoughts may enliven our spirits and even stir us to action. It has been said that “minds are ...
Read More »African-Canadians Unite To Fight HIV On February 7
OTTAWA, Ontario – Canada’s second African, Caribbean and Black Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness Day will take place on Sunday, February 7, 2016. The day will raise awareness that the risk of HIV infection among African, Caribbean and Black Canadians is higher ...
Read More »Documentary Features Successful African Canadian Entrepreneur
Photo above is of Wes Hall, a prominent business leader, who was recently named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Business People by Canadian Business magazine. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) ...
Read More »Pride News Magazine Publisher’s Mother Passes On
COBOURG, Ontario — Last Thursday night, at about 10 minutes before midnight, Matilda Elma Van Cooten, 98, died, peacefully, in her sleep, of natural causes. She lived at the Streamway Villa nursing home in Cobourg, Ontario, at the time of ...
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