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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 ...

UNITED KINGDOM, Europe, May 8, 2020 (CMC) – Jamaica’s Entertainment and Culture Minister, Olivia Grange, has expressed sadness at the passing of the island’s first international female superstar, Millicent “Millie” Dolly May Small. The ‘My Boy Lollipop’ singer, who was ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, May 5, 2020 (CMC) – Grenada has officially cancelled its 2020 Carnival celebrations, saying that the annual event could give rise to a second wave of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and further impact socio-economic growth in the twin-island ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 28, 2020 (CMC) – Prominent Trinidad and Tobago playwright, screenwriter, actor, and director, Michael Anthony Hall, died, yesterday, after suffering a massive heart attack, on the island of Tobago, where he lived, his ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, April 27, 2020 (CMC) – A legislator in the upper House of Parliament, Senator Andre Lewis, has called on the government of Grenada to cancel the island’s 2020 carnival celebrations – Spicemas — because of the ongoing ...