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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Less than 24 hours after it announced an immediate ban on the importation of electronic cigarettes, Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson said he plans to meet with stakeholders amid suggestions that some concessions could be granted. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Monday, denied allegations that it was engaged in a strategy to undermine the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield. “We welcome Mr. Lowenfield’s assumption to office…We have no interest in attacking ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it is formalizing recommendations to deal with any possible incidence of the Ebola virus and is also improving efforts to respond to the Chikungunya epidemic. A CARICOM statement said that ...

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) has won a convincing victory in the general elections held here on Thursday, according to the preliminary results released on Friday. The party, headed by businessman Donaldson Romeo, trounced the incumbent ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica police have confirmed that a key witness in the case in which a prisoner who died after being beaten while in police custody, has escaped from a police station in the western parish of St. ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says it has finalized arrangements for 25 University of Guyana (UG) students to pursue legal studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI). Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Living overseas for so long makes many Caribbean nationals long to return home. This summer, JN Money Transfer is giving customers a chance to return to the Caribbean in the lap of luxury for four days at ...

MARKHAM, Ontario – Last Friday, federal Liberal Leader, Justin Trudeau, addressed over 1,000 Liberal supporters at the Party’s AGM in Markham. He spoke about the Party’s message of “Hope and Hard Work” and about the need to build the team ...

TORONTO, Ontario – A new poll by Mainstreet Technologies, a public research firm based in Toronto, shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will return to council and be re-elected to his previous seat, after a dramatic turn of events. The poll also ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer  TORONTO, Ontario – By December 5th of this year – the first anniversary of the death of the former South African president and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela – the signage of ‘Nelson Mandela Boulevard’ ...