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By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist Canadian Women joined hands with others, around the world, in the annual celebration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, March 8. This year’s motto Gender Equality Today, For A Sustainable Tomorrow reminds us that in ...

It may have been a while since you’ve taken transit, but PRESTO is ready to roll out the welcome mat! While you were away, PRESTO used the time to make upgrades and enhancements to how you load funds and check ...

By Linda Straker CMC Correspondent ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 28, 2020 (CMC) – The Grenada government has confirmed that a chartered flight from China, with eight people on board, had arrived here, during the early hours of Tuesday, and that ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, September 13, 2018 (CMC) – Today, a State of Emergency has been declared in Dominica, as the island braces for the effects of Tropical Storm Issac. Yesterday, National Security Minister, Rayburn Blackmoore, announced that a state of emergency ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 23, 2017 CMC – The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has threatened to take legal action, regarding President David Granger’s rejection of nominees, suggested by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, for the position of Chairman of the Guyana Elections ...

BE PROUD | BELIEVE IN YOURSELF | INSPIRE OTHERS   We here at Pride News feel it’s important for you — regardless of sex, age, gender, sexuality, race, religion — to have pride in yourself and everything that makes you YOU! ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 3, (CMC) – Police Commissioner, Dr. Carl Williams, says security will be stepped up in crime-plagued areas as the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) fights the increase in crime and violence. Williams made the revelation at an emergency ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr. 21, (CMC) – Local government elections will be held in Trinidad and Tobago before the end of the year, according to Rural Development and Local Government Minister, Franklin Khan. Khan repeated the declaration, on Tuesday, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr. 7, (CMC) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.7, rocked sections of Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada, this morning. The Earthquake Unit, at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine campus, reported ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 30, (CMC) – The Jamaica government says, it will operate the financially troubled Long Pond Sugar Factory in Trelawny, for three months, in order to save cane produced for this year’s crop. “The principals of EFL (Everglades ...