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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 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 1, 2018 (CMC) – The music fraternity is in mourning, following the death, yesterday, of Irvin “Carrot” Jarrett, 69, a former member of the internationally-acclaimed band, Third World. Jarrett’s widow, Alisia, confirmed reports that he was found ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 25, 2018 (CMC) – The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the challenge, filed by incarcerated dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel, and three others, against their murder convictions and prison sentences. Although he stressed that he ...

By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher/Editor TORONTO, Ontario July 6, 2018 – Acclaimed “Queen of Soca”, Alison Hinds, is anticipated to enliven the Barbados on the Water Festival with her enduring, powerful, emotional vocals — and high-energy live show, legendary ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia June 25, 2018 (CMC) – Caribbean American actress, Cicely L. Tyson, has been inducted into the Wall of Fame of the Washington, D.C.-based Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), as Caribbean-Americans celebrate National Caribbean American Heritage Month. ...