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By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario June 26, 2017 — For the first time since its inception in 1972, the Caribbean’s largest arts festival, Carifesta, has agreed to the participation of a delegation of artists from the Caribbean Diaspora. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 19, 2017 (CMC) – Jamaican Reggae artiste, Frankie Paul, 52, died at the University Hospital of the West Indies, following a long illness. Paul, whose real name was Paul Blake, was born blind, but received some vision ...

NEW YORK, New York May 11, 2017 (CMC) – The city of New York has honored Caribbean-American singer and social activist, Harry Belafonte, by renaming the 115th Street Library in Harlem, the Harry Belafonte – 115th Street Library. Belafonte,90, whose ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 1, 2017 (CMC) – Trinidadian actor and bodybuilder, Brett Bengochea, died by drowning, while at a beach, east of here, on Saturday. The police report that Bengochea, 36, known for his role in ...

By A. D. McKenzie IPS Europe Correspondent PARIS, France March 29, 2017 (IPS) — It’s one of those movie-like spring days in Paris, where blue skies and brilliant sunshine lift spirits after a long, wet, grey winter. Many people are ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, March 28, 2017 (CMC) – The 13th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) was launched here, on Monday evening, with the Barbados Culture Minister, Stephen Lashley, underscoring the importance of the region’s premier arts festival. He ...

LOS ANGELES, California March 22, 2017 (CMC) – Haitia-born hip-hop artist, Wyclef Jean, says he was handcuffed and briefly detained by police, yesterday, after they mistook him for a suspect in a robbery, near the studio where he had been ...

DEM JAMAICANS By Shelley Sykes-Coley PRIDE Guest Poet Yu know yu is Jamaican if yu have a ‘what not’ inna yu house, An’ when yu did small, yu did ketch up grass louse. Yu know yu is Jamaican if you ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario March 13, 2017 — Immigrant women in Ontario have a new tool to help them in their effort to raise awareness about sexual violence and harassment in refugee and immigrant communities. “Telling Our ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, March 10, 2017 (CMC) – It’s a film that has been seen at 20 film festivals in the Caribbean, North America and Europe, gaining widespread commendation. Now it appears that those behind the award-winning ...