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ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Dominica’s politicians closed ranks and congratulated Baroness Patricia Scotland who was elected as the first female secretary general of the Commonwealth Secretary General in Malta on Friday. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s administration had nominated the former ...

VALLETTA, Malta (CMC) — Britain’s former attorney general Baroness Patricia Scotland was elected Secretary General of the Commonwealth, last Friday, replacing the outgoing Indian former foreign affairs minister, Kamlesh Sharma. Baroness Scotland who was nominated by Dominica for the post, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Three weeks after a family of four went missing from the community of Lime Hall in the northern parish of St. Ann, the police have intensified their probe. The missing, including a seven year old and ...

By James Jeffrey IPS Africa Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (IPS) — On a sunny November day in Addis Ababa the courtyard of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) centre is packed with people—some attend a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ...

Photo above depicts cows taking refuge from the sun under a tree at the Bodles Agricultural Station in Jamaica. The drought caused millions of dollars in losses for farmers who had no water. Photo credit: Zadie Neufville/IPS. By Zadie Neufville ...

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau,left, and US President, Barack Obama, talk, animatedly, with President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico, prior to an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC) meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila, Philippines, on November ...

By Chef Selwyn Richards PRIDE Cuisine Columnist Many gardeners experience tremendous pride when they harvest their first squash, and it’s no wonder.  Squash, any squash, is a beautiful, boastful crop.  Part of the thrill is the anticipation, since many varieties ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer   TORONTO, Ontario — A new study, the Africentric Alternative School Research Project: Year 3 (2013-2014) Report, has highlighted some of the successes of the school, in spite of major challenges. The report has ...

A perennial favourite — described by JazzTimes Montreal in 2013 as “….nothing less than an international treasure; you simply can’t fake the type of joy that the singers pour into the music” — the Soweto Gospel Choir returns to Toronto; ...

By Dr. George Traitses PRIDE Health Columnist It’s one thing to fall asleep; it’s another to stay asleep all night, and even another, to enjoy a full night of peaceful, restorative sleep that gives your body and mind an appropriate ...