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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Haiti, yesterday, welcomed the announcement by Delta Air Lines that it planned to increase the number of daily flights to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, after another US-based airline said ...

BROOKLYN, New York August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Several New York legislators joined their Caribbean-American colleagues and community activists, in celebrating the unveiling of a street in Brooklyn, honouring the Haitian revolutionary leader, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. New York State Assembly member, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – The search was expected to resume for a five-year-old American national, who was due to return home, today, but has been missing since Tuesday, after going on a raft up the Martha Brae ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – President, David Granger, says his administration does not want a confrontation with teachers, who are planning to embark upon industrial action that could disrupt the opening of the new school term in September. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the 190-megawatt (MW) power plant, being constructed by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), in Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine, can potentially spur increased local and foreign direct investments. ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, August 23, 2018 (CMC) – The United States (US) Embassy has announced that from August 28, it will waive visa renewal interviews in Barbados for qualified applicants. It said the move is part of the US government’s efforts ...

BERN, Switzerland, August 22, 2018 (CMC) – Kofi Annan, the first black African to serve as Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), died, peacefully, after a short illness. He was 80. The charming career diplomat, who was originally from ...

By Jacqueline L. Scott  University of Toronto Why did the Black boy drown? Because he couldn’t swim. And he couldn’t swim because learning to swim is one of those intersections where race, space and class collide. Black people in the United ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator While her book may not be news, her behavior certainly is. Omarose Manigault Newman, known popularly as Omarosa, is doing no great favour for Black Americans, or for that matter Blacks the world ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator Spare me a few moments before you put your tongues in full throttle. The Black community is facing a crisis, and it is not a new one, but one which we have silently ...