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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is committed to creating an environment that will enable the further lowering of interest rates in the banking sector. “Those interest rates are trending down and they are trending down for ...

Photo above: Guyana President, David Granger, centre, being briefed on some of the daily operations of the Coast Guard while onboard one of the unit’s patrol vessel. Photo courtesy of GINA. GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — Acknowledging that there are some ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC — St. Vincent and the Grenadines will use the visa-free travel agreement it signed with the European Union last week to re-launch its lobby for the reinstatement of a similar privilege for Vincentian passport holders wishing ...

By Rupert Johnson The current level of overt teacher discontent in Ontario is unprecedented. Never before have so many students been affected. Both the secondary and elementary school unions are on the war path. In the secondary schools of Peel, ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The Ontario Alliance of Black School Educators (ONABSE) will soon strategize and decide on its next course of action in response to a report it commissioned which found that systemic anti-Black ...

TORONTO, Ontario — In a newly released report entitled, “Administrative Segregation in Federal Corrections: 10 Year Trends”, the Office of the Correctional Investigator has once again exposed the deep currents of anti-Black racism in Canada’s federal prison system. The report ...

By Dr. Peter Sealy PRIDE Guest Columnist  When Black children are removed from their parents’ homes, even though the parents might be neglectful and abusive, it is still traumatic for them. This type of trauma, like other forms, can have ...

By Chef Selwyn Richards PRIDE Culinary Expert Think of warm weather, summertime, and outdoor activities, and you’ll soon be thinking of planning a picnic. There’s nothing like sharing food in the great outdoors to give you plenty of reasons to ...

Photo above: Left-right: Tam Goossen, past president, Urban Alliance on Race Relations & member of the Ontario Press Council; Dr. Joseph Y.K. Wong, founding member of the Chinese Canadian National Council; Dominic Campione, president of the Canadian Ethnocultural Council; Amy ...

Photo above is of Teriano Lesancha. Photo by Lucy Sterezylo. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Seven women were recently recognized at the 35th YWCA Toronto Women of Distinction Awards for creating opportunities that improve the lives ...