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  Christopher Partridge Guest Writer When UNESCO announced that “the reggae music of Jamaica” had been added to its list of cultural products considered worthy of recognition, it was a reflection on the fact that reggae, which grew from its ...

By Heather Honoré Goltz  and Matthew Lee Smith Contributing Writers Humans are sexual beings. This urge does not stop when the clock strikes 60. Or even 90. Young adults may deny older relatives are having sex, but sexual activity is ...

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica December 13, 2018 — Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says that while Jamaica will open its first regulated casino in 2020, the island is not slated to become a casino destination. “The fact is that casinos ...

SANYA, China December 13, 2018 — Kadijah Robinson, Jamaica’s representative at the 2018 Miss World pageant, finished in the top five of the 68th edition of the competition that was held in Sanya, China, last Saturday, December 8. 118 contestants, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 13, 2018 (CMC) – The Guyana government says it is “monitoring ongoing, related developments in Venezuela”, after two TU-160 supersonic bombers, known as “White Swans”, landed at Maiquetia airport, near the capital, Caracas, on Monday. The deployment ...

By Kenton X. Chance Correspondent KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, December 13, 2018 (CMC) – St. Vincent and the Grenadines has become the first Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to pass legislation, allowing for the decriminalisation of marijuana ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator We are frequently bombarded, from all angles of society, with the axiom that the youths of today are the leaders of tomorrow. Many of our politicians have also adopted the phrase, although it ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, December 13, 2018 (CMC) – The Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) announced, yesterday, the dismissal of 51 of its employees, as the head of the Communications Workers Union (CWU), Clyde Elder, said ...

TORONTO, Ontario December 13, 2018 — Seventy-five African-Canadian high school students of the Leadership by Design (LBD) program, the signature initiative of the Lifelong Leadership Institute (LLI), recently participated in a free, digital, literacy workshop, hosted by the Royal Bank ...