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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia October 9, 2019 — Pioneering filmmaker and National Film Board (NFB) Pacific and Yukon Studio producer, Selwyn Jacob, received an Honorary Degree from Dalhousie University, yesterday, in recognition of his outstanding contributions. Since the early 1980s, Jacob’s ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, October 8, 2019 (CMC) – An agreement has been signed, between the Ministry of Education and Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO), for steelpan and calypso to be taught in schools as part of the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica September 19, 2019 — The National Library of Jamaica (NLJ) will be staging a series of activities, between September 1 and December 10, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late cultural icon, Dr. Louise ...

ST. ANDREW, Jamaica September 11, 2019 — Gordon Town Square, in the parish of St. Andrew, will be officially renamed in honour of the late cultural ambassador, Dr. Louise Bennett-Coverley – affectionately known as “Miss Lou”. A globally-acclaimed writer, folklorist, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 28, 2019 (CMC) – The 14th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) ended, here, on Sunday night, with the country’s Culture Minister, Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, saying there had been significant achievements ...

By Paul Giles Guest Writer Toni Morrison, who died on August 5 in New York at age 88, was the most influential and studied American author of her generation. Born as Chloe Wofford in Lorain, Ohio on February 18, 1931, she ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, August 17, 2019 (CMC) – The 14th edition of the Caribbean festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) opened, here, last night, to a glittering showcase of regional culture and the aspiration that, in the not too ...

Michael Van Cooten Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario August 11, 2019 – In addition to enjoying Barbados’ rich, varied, vibrant culture in Toronto, this weekend, you may be able to, possibly, improve their health and longevity. This year’s edition of the popular, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 7, 2019 (CMC) – Rita Marley — the widow of reggae legend, Bob Marley — is among a number of entertainment industry veterans to be awarded the Order of Distinction, Jamaica’s sixth highest honour. Marley has also ...

By Henry Navarro Delgado Guest Writer Political dressing is fashionable right now, but is it fashion? Celebrities and stars turned up dressed in black at the 75th Golden Globes Award ceremony. Instantly the media was in frenzy over what they dubbed ...