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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 24, 2020 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago-born performers swept the top places in the International Soca Monarch competition, here, on Friday night, as Carnival celebrations continue. Neil “Iwer” George won the one million ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, February 24, 2020 (CMC) – Almost seven months after receiving an Outstanding Achievement Award from the government, prominent Grenadian and Caribbean hotelier, Sir Royston Hopkins, passed away, last Saturday. “Yes, he died, early this morning, in Trinidad,” ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 24, 2020 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) said, today, it had launched an investigation into an incident at a Carnival activity, yesterday, where gunshots were fired into the air, ...

By Chef Chris De La Rosa Culinary Specialist This plait (braided) bread is a MUST in Guyanese households during the Christmas season. And why not… you need something to dip into that Guyanese Pepperpot, to soak up all that gravy ...

By Chef Chris De La Rosa Culinary Specialist In the Caribbean, this would be called a pumpkin soup, and it would be thicker and packed with ground provisions and flour dumplings. Outstanding, but we’re going lighter, today, as I’d like ...

By Shana Poplack Guest Contributor After students at a California high school were recently told to “translate” Black English phrases into standard English, a community member at a school board hearing said: “The last thing they need — our children — ...

CASTRIES. St. Lucia, February 24, 2020 (CMC) – Two elderly people have died, after fire swept through a house in Trou Rouge, east of here, on Saturday, fire and emergency officials have confirmed. They said that the bodies of the ...

SCARABOROUGH, Tobago, February 24, 2020 (CMC) – Security has been provided, at the home of a Trinidad and Tobago student, who arrived from China, on Friday, after threats had been made against the family, over fears that the student may ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, February 24, 2020 (CMC) – Health authorities have sought to allay fears, that there could be a further increase in tuberculosis (TB) cases in Dominica, during the Carnival celebrations that end here, tomorrow, after Health Minister, Dr. Irvine ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, February 24, 2020 (CMC) – Police are investigating the death of a North Union man, who was chopped, at a karaoke bar, early Saturday morning. The police have not yet released any information on ...