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KINGSTON, Jamaica October 17, 2018 — Celebrated actor, singer, songwriter and social activist, Harold George Belafonte Jr., 91 —  born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. — was awarded, in absentia, with Jamaica’s fourth highest award, the Order of Merit (OM), for his ...

By Nadiya Ali Contributing Writer Muslim women in the West have been battling inaccurate stereotypes for ages. In the post-Sept. 11 era, Muslim women have come to be seen as one-dimensional figures in need of saving by the “West” and ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, October 3, 2018 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government led the tribute to ace pannist, arranger and music composer, Ken “Professor” Philmore, who died at the San Fernando Hospital, south of here, yesterday, ...

By Leah Kardos Guest Writer It is no coincidence that two of Aretha Franklin’s celebrated contemporaries who travelled to Detroit to see the singer in the last stages of her illness were Stevie Wonder and Jesse Jackson. It is hard ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 20, 2018 (CMC) – The Barbados government has appointed international pop icon, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, with specific responsibility for promoting education, tourism and investment for the island. In accepting her new duties, ...

By Edward Ademolu Contributing Writer A Black Bond? It’s an apparently unproblematic and straightforward question, right? Well, not quite. When suggested quite quizzically by a colleague, it sparked a series of reactionary positions in the staff room, especially from the ...

ST. ANDREW, Jamaica, September 11, 2018 — There were loud cheers and spirited applause from the massive crowd, which gathered in Gordon Town Square, St. Andrew, last Friday (September 7), to witness the unveiling of a life-sized, bronze statue, in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 29, 2018 (CMC) – The local film industry contributed a record J$1.2 billion in expenditure to the local economy, during the fiscal year 2017-18, the Film Commissioner at the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, has said. ...

LONDON, England August 17, 2018 (CMC) – Trinidad-born novelist and Nobel Laureate, Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, known popularly as Sir VS Naipaul, died last Saturday at his home, six days shy of his 86th birthday. Sir Vidiadhar, who became the ...

By Chad Bryan JIS Correspondent KINGSTON, Jamaica August 1, 2018 — A local music consultant, artiste and industry player share the common the view that Jamaica’s music has contributed to the country’s national development, by generating earnings from foreign exchange ...