WASHINGTON, DC CMC – United States President Barack Obama, on Tuesday, decided to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. In a message to Congress, the White House said, that the long-awaited decision effectively removes ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A section of the highway that runs along Jamaica’s south coast will be named after former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson at a ceremony scheduled to be held on Friday. Dubbed Highway 2000, the roadway was one ...
Read More »Percy Sledge, Who Sang ‘When A Man Loves A Woman,’ Dies
Photo above is of Percy Sledge on tour in 1974. Photo courtesy of Gene Pugh. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Percy Sledge, who recorded the classic 1966 soul ballad “When a Man Loves a Woman,” has died. He was 74. ...
Read More »Dear “Some” Raptors Fans: Relax Already!
Photo above is of coach Dwane Casey with Raptors players. Photo courtesy of NBA.com. By Lekan Afolabi Pride Contributing Writer A little over two weeks ago, I was exposed to some very negative sentiments and comments about the Raptors play ...
Read More »Caribbean Court Of Justice Celebrates 10 Years
By Peter Richards CMC Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – By far its most celebrated case involved a Jamaican national, whose country is still going through the legislative process as to whether or not it should become a full ...
Read More »Beware Of Mortgage Or Title Fraud
By Jon McKay Pride Mortgage Agent In a time where identity theft and Ponzi schemes are plastered across the daily news, the last thing you want to worry about is yet another way to lose your hard-earned money. But as ...
Read More »Land Seizures Speeding Up, Leaving Africans Homeless And Landless
Photo above: An unidentified woman from Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central Province at Manzou Farm packs her tobacco with the help of her children as they prepare to leave following an eviction order. “Land grabs in Africa have helped to perpetuate economic ...
Read More »United States And Caribbean ‘Bound By Friendship’, Says US President
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – US President Barack Obama ended a one-day visit to Jamaica on Thursday, after spending the day with regional leaders and young people where he discussed several issues, from the state of Jamaica’s economy, and the energy ...
Read More »Guyana’s Political Parties Continue To Seek Votes Ahead Of May 11 Poll
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The main challengers for the post of President have been making promises to the electorate as Guyana gets ready to elect a new head of state and National Assembly on May 11. Incumbent President Donald Ramotar ...
Read More »HEALTHY REASONING: Black Women Have A Higher Breast Cancer Death Rate Than White Women
By Allan Bucka Jones Pride Health Columnist In May 2013, actress Angelina Jolie revealed that she had double mastectomy surgery (removing both breasts) to prevent breast cancer, a disease she had an 87 percent chance of contracting because of her genetic history, ...
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