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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica April 20, 2019 — Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Alando Terrelonge, says come September, when the 2019/20 academic year begins, all reports of corporal punishment, being administered in schools, “will be ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 20, 2019 (CMC) – Jamaica is developing a “land bank”, aimed at identifying properties across the country, that are suitable for agriculture, but are not being used. Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Audley Shaw, said the initiative will ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia April 20, 2019 (CMC) – The World Bank, on Friday, revised the economic growth for Trinidad and Tobago, saying that the oil-rich, twin-island republic will record 0.9 percent growth, this year. “As part of its forecasting ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, April 20, 2019 (CMC) – An investigating judge has cleared President, Jovenel Moise, of any involvement in a money laundering case that the authorities have been probing, for the past two years. Judge Brédy Fabien in ...

  By Sheree Bekker Guest Writer When can a woman not compete with other women? This is, in essence, the question at the heart of the hearing currently before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the international body that ...

  By Gery Karantzas Guest Writer Despite its obvious appeal, the Nine Network’s reality TV show Married at First Sight is based on a false premise. This “social experiment” is built on the notion that individuals looking for love are ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator Let me preface my article, by saying to all parents: it doesn’t matter how close you think you are to your children, you’re never really as close as you think you are. There ...

By Chris De La Rosa Culinary Columnist If you grew up in the Caribbean, especially the southern Caribbean, “Chow” would have been a key part of your childhood experience. A spicy pickle, loaded with garlic and citrus juice, along with ...

By Chris De La Rosa Culinary Columnist The more I write and share recipes about the culinary culture of the Caribbean, the more you’ll see me use the words “comfort food”, as we have so many dishes, which warms the ...

  By Charles Tiefer Guest Writer The release on April 18 of a redacted version of the Mueller report came after two years of allegations, speculation and insinuation – but not a lot of official information about what really happened between ...