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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Tuesday, November 3, 2020) — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says the late Scottish and Academy Award-winning actor, Sean Connery, and his monster James Bond film, Dr. No, were instrumental in launching Jamaica as a premiere destination for ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Friday, October 16, 2020) — Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, and Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Laurie Peters, toured the Marley family’s Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, on Wednesday. The purpose of the ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda (Friday, October 16, 2020) — CARIFESTA, the Caribbean’s premiere cultural festival, which was scheduled to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in August next year, has been postponed to August 2022. Daryll Matthew, Minister of ...

TORONTO, Ontario (Friday, October 2, 2020) — Aloe Blacc – the GRAMMY-nominated, platinum-selling singer, songwriter, producer, and activist – released his newest album, All Love Everything, today. Inspired by his family, the new album, out on BMG, is really shaped ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 25, CMC – Dr. L’Antoinette Stines, the founder and lead choreographer of the renowned Jamaican dance group, L’Acadco, has filed a lawsuit against music superstars, Jay Z (birth named Shawn Corey Carter) and his wife, Beyoncé Giselle ...

TORONTO, Ontario June 10, 2020 (PRIDE) — Mr. Jane and Finch, a documentary that explores the intriguing life of venerable, Guyana-born community activist, Winston LaRose — who dedicated the last 25 years, advocating on behalf of the troubled, racism-plagued community ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 27, 2020 (CMC) – The search is continuing for Jean Watt, the 70-year-old wife of musical icon, Neville “Bunny Wailer” Livingstone, who has been reported missing, since last Saturday Relatives said that Watt, who is also known ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 22, 2020 (CMC) – St. Lucia is mourning the death of cultural and sporting icon, Joyce Auguste, whose body was found at her home, on the outskirts of the capital, yesterday. She was 76 years old. ...

By Nelson A. King CMC Correspondent BROOKLYN, New York, May 19, 2020 (CMC) – The Brooklyn-based West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) says it plans to proceed with its year-round community programs and the New York Caribbean Carnival Week, ...

NEW YORK CITY, New York May 11, 2020 — Under the theme ‘Saving Lives, Empowering People’ The Caribbean Voice (TCV) is organizing a free, online concert, live on Facebook, on Saturday, May 23, from 6PM to 9PM. “This concert for ...