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London, England, CMC – Jamaican poet, Kei Miller, is the recipient of the prestigious Forward prize for the best poetry collection of 2014. Miller’s book, The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, took the prize of £10,000. Eight ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago police were, on Monday, continuing their search for the killer of 30-year-old Joseph Nero, who was gunned down on Sunday night while attending a wake for his mother. Police said that ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – On Tuesday, supporters of the main opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) staged a demonstration outside the office of President Donald Ramotar, in support of a date for Local Government elections last held here ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – This year marks the 170th year of the founding of the Queen’s College of Guyana. To celebrate this milestone, both local and overseas alumni and alumnae of the school will participate in a grand reunion in Georgetown, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A nine-year-old boy died late Saturday in what is believed to be an obeah ritual. The police report that Abeomi Jeremiah was found motionless in a bedroom, with candle wax on his eyes, face ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica parliament has passed legislation allowing for the removal of criminal records against the names of persons convicted for possession of, or smoking, small quantities of marijuana. The Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) (Amendment) Act, ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has been discharged from hospital in Cuba, 10 days after he arrived on the Spanish-speaking Caribbean nation to receive treatment for a leg injury. Gonsalves announced his release in a call ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Jean-Claude Duvalier, the former president of Haiti, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was 63.  His attorney Reynold George said Duvalier, who returned from exile in 2011, died at his home. Duvalier, ...

Toronto, Ontario – The Toronto Police Services Board has launched a series of consultations to determine the qualities the public and Toronto Police Service personnel are looking for in a new Chief of Police. The public consultations will be in ...

Photo above is of Leader of Jamaica’s Opposition, Andrew Holness. TORONTO, Ontario – Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition in Jamaica and former Prime Minister, Mr. Andrew Holness, will headline the 11th series of the “Outlook for the Future” meetings, to be ...