Barbados and other Caribbean nations have endured the loss of their highly skilled and educated labor to the United States, Canada and other developed nations in what is commonly known as the “brain drain”.
Barbados, in …

(Reuters Health) – Black Canadians are at least as healthy as white Canadians, hints a study that is a stark contrast to U.S. statistics.
From health surveys, researchers found that black people born in Canada had …

A pilot project to fight gang violence and other activities is to be rolled out in Belize, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago.
The first phase of the initiative, called the Social Development …

Haiti’s President Michel Martelly (pictured), says the government is boosting student enrollment this year by putting more than 700,000 youths into classrooms.
The leader says that his National Fund for Education is paying tuition for 142,000 …

Black women have a higher risk of developing a certain type of breast cancer, one that is more aggressive and less amenable to targeted therapies such as anti-estrogen drugs (tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors) and monoclonal antibodies …

Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson is the first African American woman to be promoted to a two star general in the U.S. Army. (Photo: Courtesy US Government)
Already the highest-ranking African-American female in the U.S. Army, Gen. …

In the early part of the twentieth century, a large number of African Americans migrated to the northern states to escape racism and prejudice in the South, as well as to seek jobs in industrial …

Renowned businessman, investor and philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin (pictured), has been appointed chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University.
The appointment has been unanimously approved by Laurier’s Board of Governors, with the unanimous support of the Senate, and will …

This week the world mourns the passing of re-known environmentalist, feminist, activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Wangari Maathai (pictured). A titan she was.
Prof. Maathai fought and won many battles, however, she lost the …

A global health group has come to the aid of millions with vaccine donations for a host of easily preventable diseases.
The programme will cover 37 countries, tackling illnesses that many resite as facts of life …