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Photo above: Winfred “Blue” Lovett, second from right, leads The Manhattans in a rendition of one of their famous tunes. By Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali Pride Contributing Writer Two of the founding members of the New Jersey quintet, The ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia Postal Service has launched a Christmas stamp issue honouring Cardinal Kelvin Felix, the former archbishop of Castries, who was inducted into the College of Cardinals in February this year. The stamp issue ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister, Kamla Persad Bissessar, last Wednesday, congratulated the former president of the Industrial Court of Trinidad and Tobago, Deborah Thomas-Felix, on her election as an Appeal Judge on the United Nations Appeals Tribunal ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European, Dr. P.I. Gomes, was on Wednesday, elected as the new Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping, replacing Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni. A statement from the Ministry ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Regional Task Force on the Free Circulation of Goods within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has ended a meeting here, reviewing and assessing the results of the activities undertaken so far, and ...

RIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it has approved US$10 million for projects under the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF 8) in several Caribbean countries. The CDB said that Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. ...

JOHN’S Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is expanding its program of building 500 homes in 500 days, following an overwhelming response to the initiative. The initiative was one of the promises made by the Antigua ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Former senior government minister, Lenard “Spider” Montoute, says he has resigned from the Senate, but denied reports he was quitting active politics. “Tell them they will be tired of seeing my face…I was born in ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Somebody in Dominica is holding a lottery ticket for EC$270,000 (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) and the Dominica National Lottery (DNL) is urging the person to cash in the ticket. “We at the Dominica National Lottery ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will continue to provide “second chance” programs for students who leave the school system without marketable competencies. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, speaking at a teaching strategy symposium on Saturday, said ...