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Dear Mr. Van Cooten: RE:  TORONTO TO UNVEIL REGGAE LANE Dear Sir: Please allow me space in your publication to respond to an article in your September 3rd 2014 issue entitled “Toronto to unveil Reggae Lane”. I must first express ...

Hi Sharmon Carrington: Congratulations on the very sound, well-informed advice you published for parents in your article of Wednesday ,September3rd. It was so educational, and I hope and pray that our ethnic (Black) parents are taking note of this. Good ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it will provide an estimated TT$1.8 billion (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) into the financially troubled national airline, Caribbean Airlines (CAL), during the period 2013-15. But, Finance Minister, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Three police officers were, on Monday, charged with the 2009 killing of entertainer, Kentucky Kid, who was shot at his home during what law enforcement officials said then was a shoot-out involving the police.   The ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Veteran calypsonian Leroy Calliste, the Black Stalin, remained hospitalised Monday, after suffering a stroke a few hours after performing at a charity show in south Trinidad on Sunday night.   Relatives said that Stalin, ...

TORONTO, Ontario – Whether you’re a Jamaican expatriate returning home to retire; a foreigner interested in relocating to Jamaica, attracted by the island’s year-round  sunshine, alluring beaches, friendly citizens and relatively low prices; or a shrewd business person interested in ...

Photo above is of Casa Loma. Photo courtesy of SimonP. NC – Do you see very familiar places when you watch a popular movie? Right now, Ontario is a hotbed for international film production. Everything from Hollywood blockbusters to Bollywood hits have ...

Photo above is of Raphael Trotman. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, has been granted an ex-parte injunction preventing a 22-year-old man from publishing any material relating to allegations that he was molested by the ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts CMC – Police were searching for two gunmen, who fired several shots at a man in the main hospital, forcing several staff workers to flee for their lives on Monday night. Police have confirmed that the gunmen ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Representatives from 11 Caribbean countries have received training in the implementation of new technologies for cassava production, with the aim of improving competitiveness, promoting technological innovations and value added in cassava products. The Inter-American Institute for ...