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KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 17, 2017 (CMC) – The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) says Usain Bolt has been invited to serve as a Special Ambassador for the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. JTB said it is “vital that the ...

By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist In the Black community there appears to be a recent upsurge in people getting tattoos. Some folks find them unattractive, while others view them as works of art or self-expression. Recently when asked if I ...

By Leon A. Barrett PRIDE Education Columnist Another school year is upon us and, among other things, many students and their parents are concerned about how to navigate and succeed in the educational maze or educational system. There is general ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica August 17, 2017 — JN Money Services Limited (JNMS) has expanded its JN Money remittance network to Honduras and India, as a result of a partnership with the United States-based company, Transfast. Transfast, an international money transfer company, ...

By Mark Brown PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario, August 17, 2017 — On May 17, 1882, Albert Jackson was appointed by the federal government to the position of letter carrier, making him Toronto’s, and possibly Canada’s, first Black postman. Jackson ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, August 17, 2017 (CMC) – Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, has sought to assure the public that there is no secrecy in meetings with US energy giant ExxonMobil. According to Trotman, meetings held, earlier this month, were ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 17, 2017 (CMC) – Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Brian Wynter, says the country recorded an inflation rate of 4.4 per cent for the April to June 2017 quarter. Speaking at the Bank’s quarterly press ...

By Peter Richards CMC Correspondent PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 9, 2017 (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders held “varied and robust views” on the ongoing political situation in Venezuela, during a three-hour meeting, yesterday. No official statement ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 9, 2017 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has described as “one of the vilest attacks on our young women”, the murder of 17-year-old school girl, Micholle Moltan, reportedly, because she refused to give into sexual demands ...

MIAMI, Florida August 9, 2017 (CMC) – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) says it is partnering with travel associations around the world to strengthen the tourism sector in the region. CHTA President, Karolin Troubetzkoy, said that under the ...