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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday announced that Local Government elections will be held on October 21, but outlined her government’s intention to amend the Municipal Corporations Act. Persad-Bissessar made the announcement at a ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Professor of Social and Political Change at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Brian Meeks, has warned that if the United States takes military action against Syria, Jamaica’s fragile economy could be in serious ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – The Guyana economy grew by 3.9 percent during the first six months of this year, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has said. “This performance is a most commendable achievement considering the adverse prevailing external environment particularly ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Integrity Commission has confirmed it has started an investigation into the allegations that several government ministers including Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar were engaged in a sinister move to undermine the judiciary, the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The Portia Simpson Miller led administration is being urged to legalize and regulate marijuana as the nation’s economy could benefit from such a move. This is according to the Executive Director of the US base Drug ...

By Carey L. Biron  WASHINGTON, D.C. (IPS) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday issued surprise guidance directing its attorneys not to sue states that have moved to decriminalise the recreational use of marijuana, so long as those states implement strict regulatory ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Toronto police are asking residents in the Grandravine Drive/Driftwood Avenue area to contact them regarding the recent shooting death of two Black youths. On August 23 at about1:30 p.m., the police ...

Editor’s note: We received this story, last week, in an email from one of our readers. It’s such an amazing and touching story — about unselfishness and kindness — from a flight attendant on Delta Flight 15, written following 9-11, that we thought we ...

6 to 8 (or a combination) boneless, skinless chicken-breast halves or thighs 2 (in adobo sauce) canned chipotle peppers, seeded 2 tbsp adobo sauce 1 ½ cup canned coconut milk 2 tbsp brown sugar 1 tbsp fresh ginger, peeled, minced ...

2 tbsp olive oil 1 pound jumbo shrimp, peeled, tail-on, deveined 1 tbsp herbes de Provence Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste 1 ¼ cups plain yogurt 2 tbsp mayonnaise 2 tbsp whole-grain mustard 1 ½ tbsp maple syrup ...