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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 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 24, 2019 (CMC) – Film Commissioner at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, revealed that Jamaica’s film industry is experiencing “exceptional” performance for the 2018/19 financial year, with a record $2.3 billion in film production expenditure to ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, July 18, 2019 (CMC) – The Mayor of Arima, Lisa Morris-Julian, said, on Monday, the murder of prominent local actor, Raymond Choo Kong, will have a tremendous impact, as the country responded in shock ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 5, 2019 (CMC) – Culture Minister, Olivia Grange, has welcomed the decision of the University of Minnesota to establish an International Institute for Reggae Studies. Grange gave her support to the initiative during her visit to the ...

NEW YORK, New York Wednesday, June 26, 2019 — Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actress, Jamaican-American Kerry Washington, and co-star, Reese Witherspoon, recently, shared a first look of their upcoming Hulu series adaptation that is based on the bestselling novel, “Little ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, April 24, 2019 (CMC) – A High Court judge has sentenced Soca artiste, Bradley “Party Dawg” Huggins, to more than nine months in jail, after he was found guilty of robbing a security guard, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, April 23, 2019 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago’s murder toll, for the year, so far, climbed to 158, after nine people were killed, during the Easter holiday weekend, the police have confirmed. The death ...