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By Peter Richards Caribbean Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (IPS) – The Dominican Republic first expressed interest in joining the 15-member Caribbean integration grouping CARICOM in 1989. Now, 14 years later, the Spanish-speaking country with a population of nearly 10 ...

By Peter Richards Caribbean Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have ended their four-day summit here, on Saturday, agreeing to the immediate adoption of a stabilization and growth agenda which emphasises the removal of constraints ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Calvin George Headley, a 58-year-old Nova Scotia basketball referee, died last week at the Halifax Infirmary, after a fatal accident, according to his close friends. Headley, who was born on May 22, 1955 and was affectionately ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer With the slogan, “Let’s get moving,” Mitzie Hunter, the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for the Scarborough-Guildwood, kicked off her campaign on July 6 with the opening of her office in the Eglinton Avenue East ...

Editor: This year on Canada Day I attended a citizenship ceremony in Toronto where many new Canadians swore allegiance to their new country. Watching the ceremony, I was reminded that Canada’s new citizens have been central to our success and ...

By Emile Nakhleh Guest Writer The military’s removal of democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi poses a serious challenge to Washington’s pro-democracy agenda and its ability to influence events in Egypt and the rest of the region. The Barack Obama administration ...

By Allan Jones Pride Columnist For some reason, as a community, we are not significant participants in donor programs that request organs and other body parts for transplants. We are also not heavy donors of blood. On the other hand, ...

By Rupert Johnson It is interesting to note that the great debate about whether or not to build subways in Toronto has been going on for over 100 years. It is indeed noteworthy that the call for subterranean transportation dates ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The political ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, has resigned. In a letter to Governor General Sir Patrick Allen, Bishop Blair said that his resignation becomes effective, Sunday. The outgoing ombudsman said recent developments in his ministry will ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York, CMC – The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, has appointed Jamaica-born diplomat, Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, as the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System’s operational activities for development in Malaysia. She also will serve as Resident Representative ...