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 ...
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Feed SubscriptionJamaica Records Strong Performance In Film Industry In 2018-19
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 ...
Read More »Prominent Award-Winning Trinidad And Tobago Director, Producer And Actor Murdered
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 ...
Read More »University Of Minnesota Establishes Reggae Studies Unit
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 ...
Read More »Jamaican-American Actress Kerry Washington Making International Headlines
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 ...
Read More »Vincentian Soca Artiste, “Party Dawg”, Jailed On Robbery Charges
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, ...
Read More »Reggae Star, Buju Banton, Asks Concert-Goers “What Is Going On?”, Regarding Bloody Easter Weekend In Trinidad
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 ...
Read More »New York State Proclamation For Reggae Legend, Peter Tosh
BROOKLYN, New York April 19, 2019 — New York State Senator, Kevin S. Parker, issued a New York state proclamation for reggae icon and Jamaica Order of Merit recipient, Peter Tosh, last Thursday, that celebrates the life and the legacy ...
Read More »Angélique Scores As A Play Of Bold Resistance: A Review
By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer Award-winning Canadian playwright, Lorena Gale’s, play, Angélique, is a sharp reminder that slavery existed in Canada, but also opens a window into the relations, between those with power and those, who are dispossessed. It also ...
Read More »Saint Lucia Jazz Festival Announces First-Ever Collaboration With Jazz At Lincoln Center
The Saint Lucia Jazz Festival has announced a first-time, one-of-a-kind collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, and also the organisations’ plans for this year’s Festival. “This collaboration, between Saint Lucia and (the) renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center, reflects Saint Lucia’s ...
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