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By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist It is an admirable situation when mothers idolize their daughters, and dedicate time helping them develop their femininity. Learning, at a young age, how to enjoy a nice pedicure and manicure assists in establishing the ...

By Ettie Rutherford Contributing Columnist How often have you had the tendency to “lash out” at someone, who has been less than kind to you? How often have you felt like throwing your hands in the air and giving up, ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, January 20, 2020 (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is examining the possibility of enacting measures that would force large producers of bread and pastries, to provide the nutritional values on their ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, January 20, 2020 (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is urging member states, including those in the Caribbean, to strengthen surveillance activities, to detect any unusual respiratory health event, as the number of people, infected with ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 20, 2020 (CMC) – The state-owned Guyana Chronicle newspaper offered an apology to its readers, today, after it published a story, regarding the death, by drowning, of a toddler, yesterday. The paper had claimed that the one-year-old ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 19, 2020 (CMC) – One of Jamaica’s well known dancers and choreographers, Barry Moncrieffe, lost his battle with cancer, late Friday. Moncrieffe, who was 78, was one of the early members of the National Dance Theatre Company ...

NEW KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 17, 2020 (CMC) – Tourism Minister, Edmond Bartlett, says a preliminary report, from the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), is showing that in 2019, the sector earned between US$3.7 billion and US$3.8 billion, some US$500 million more ...

By Marina Eckersley Guest Contributor Vinyl sales have been surging in the last few years, as CD sales stay flat and digital downloads decrease. In the United Kingdom, data from 2016 reveals that vinyl LP sales revenue surpassed that of digital ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, January 17, 2020 (CMC) – Kamau McBarnette, one of the 17 political prisoners, who were convicted in 1986 for the murder of then-left wing Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop, and several others, died, early Wednesday, after a long ...

By Jack L. Rozdilsky Guest Contributor On Sunday at 7:23 a.m., residents of the Greater Toronto Area were abruptly awakened by an alert issued by Ontario’s Emergency Alert Ready System stating: “An incident was reported at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. ...