ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Newly elected Commonwealth Secretary General, Baroness Patricia Scotland, said, she was pleased that a school had been renamed in her honour saying”everyone knows that I love children”. The Vieille Case Primary School was named after Baroness ...
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By Kenton X. Chance CMC Correspondent KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC) – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Monday night unveiled his 11-member Cabinet as opposition politicians continued to protest the results of the December 9 general elections. “It must be affirmed, ...
Read More »Guyana Hoping For Improved Relations Following Venezuela Elections
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana government says it remains optimistic of improved relations with Venezuela following the recent elections in that South American country that resulted in the opposition gaining control of the Parliament. Guyana and Venezuela are embroiled ...
Read More »Jamaica Government Defends Amendments To Drug Trafficking Legislation
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – National Security Minister, Peter Bunting, says, the amendment to the Maritime Drug Trafficking (Suppression) Act is not intended to deprive Jamaicans of their rights but to strengthen the hand of the government in the fight against ...
Read More »Teacher In Jamaica Charged For Beating Pupil With Ruler
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – A 59-year-old teacher will appear in court on January 5, next year, after she was charged with beating a student with a ruler at the prestigious St. Richard’s Primary School in St Andrew. The Jamaica Gleaner ...
Read More »PM Appoints Three African Canadian MPs As Parliamentary Secretaries
Photo above is of Grenada-born Caesar-Chavannes. By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor OTTAWA, Ontario — Last Wednesday, Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, appointed 35 Parliamentary Secretaries, including three African Canadians — Whitby Member of Parliament, Celina Caesar-Chavannes; Emmanuel Dubourg, MP for ...
Read More »Making The Case For Caribbean Fishers At Paris Climate Conference
Photo above: Horace Walters, who has been involved in fishing for more than 40 years, said coastal communities, fishers, and fish farmers are already profoundly affected by climate change. He pointed to rising sea levels and acid oceans among the impacts ...
Read More »HEALTHY REASONING: New Breast Cancer Risk Confirmed
By Allan Bucka Jones PRIDE Health Columnist Black women are at greater risk of dying from early-stage breast cancer when compared with women of other races and ethnicities. Other well known risk factors for breast cancer include, personal history of ...
Read More »Antigua: Surrounded By Sea But Surface Water Catchments Empty
Photo above: Less than average rainfall across the Caribbean is expected to have a negative impact on agriculture and could see food prices increase in 2016. Photo credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS. By Kenton X. Chance IPS Caribbean Correspondent JOHN’S, Antigua (IPS) ...
Read More »Kamala-Jean Gopie Cops Award Named After Toronto’s First Black Councillor
By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Correspondent TORONTO, Ontario — Kamala-Jean Gopie, a longtime advocate for human rights and social justice, is the recipient of the City of Toronto’s William P. Hubbard Award for Race Relations. The award, which was established in ...
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