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GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Dr. Roger Luncheon, head of the Presidential Secretariat, has announced that he is suffering from gastro-intestinal cancer that has spread to his lungs. At a press conference on Thursday, Luncheon, 65, who just returned from sick ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Deputy Chairman of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel, Lennox Gayle, has been charged by the police in connection with what is believed to be a prostitution ring. Gayle, an attorney-at-law, was charged on Wednesday by ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – National Security Minister Gary Griffith is blaming “someone with access to confidential information (who) decided to be mischievous” and leak a confidential report on the New Flying Squad Investigative Unit (NFSIU) to the opposition ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Prison authorities here have confirmed that 150 cells at the St. Catherine Adult Correctional Centre have been abandoned due to safety concerns. According to the Correctional Services Department, significant cracks have appeared in the walls of ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana government has deemed “provocative” the implementation of activities with regards to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Leadership and Democracy Project (LEAD). Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said that the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The country’s scrap metal industry is expected to earn significant foreign exchange and provide several jobs with the opening of a new centralized scrap metal facility in the corporate area. At the recent opening of the ...

By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor TORONTO, Ontario – For more than three decades, the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) has hosted the annual Harry Jerome Awards (HJA), which celebrates excellence and seeks to inspire its community. In ...

More than 25 percent of Canadian households spend over the affordability threshold on housing, according to Statistics Canada’s National Household Survey. The threshold, set by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), is defined as 30 percent of household income ...

By Allan Jones Pride Health Columnist The two kidneys we have are the body’s key filtering system. They remove toxins from the body by separating waste products and water from the blood. Unfortunately due to many situations, some genetic, many ...

NC – When it comes to health, being in the ‘age of information’ trying to determine what you need to know to keep your family healthy can be overwhelming. Meningococcal disease is a complex illness and can be confusing to ...