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By Ernie Seon CMC Correspondent CASTRIES, St. Lucia, December 18, 2016 (CMC) – St. Lucia’s tourism product is about to get even more unique as the government begins to roll out plans for the establishment of a new entity to ...

By Lyndal Rowlands IPS Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS, New York November 23, 2016 (IPS) — Young women are beginning to find their voices around issues such as sexism and violence, including through hip-hop, an art-form which has a long tradition ...

By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer A few weeks ago, I sent an email to some friends encouraging them to see the Barry Jenkins’ film, Moonlight, and the plays, “Secrets of a Black Boy” and “Black Boys.” It seemed to ...

TORONTO, Ontario November 4, 2016 — Barbados’ first — and fourth — Prime Minister and Caribbean statesman, Errol Walton Barrow, is the subject of a historic documentary, “Barrow: Freedom Fighter”, that will screen for the first time, in Toronto, next ...

By Neil Armstrong Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario October 21, 2016 (PRIDE) — An intellectual hub in the African Canadian community, A Different Booklist, an independent bookstore and literary cultural destination in Toronto, won the Arts Organization Award, earlier this month, ...

TORONTO, Ontario — Patrick Edward Barrington, popularly known as “P. Edward” or just “P,” who died earlier this year, will be memorialised at an event, organised by The People’s Performing Art Center, this Sunday. Born in Jamaica in 1963, Barrington ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, October 5, 2016 (CMC) – Three members of the local music industry, including the internationally renowned Gordon Henderson and Ophelia Marie, have filed a law suit against the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) seeking compensation for copyright infringement. ...

MIAMI, Florida September 9, 2016 (CMC) – Prince Buster, the Jamaican Ska singer, songwriter and producer, died here, yesterday, of health complications. The ska pioneer, who was 78-years-old, had reportedly been in poor health for some time, after suffering a ...

By Kadian Brown JIS Contributing Writer  KINGSTON, Jamaica September 8, 2016 (JIS) — Jamaica’s Film Commissioner, Renée Robinson, and 19 industry leaders arrived in Canada, yesterday, to attend the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) from September 8 to 14. The delegation, ...

By Nelson A. King CMC New York Correspondent NEW YORK CITY, New York September 7, 2016 (CMC) – New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio, has ruled out cancelling J’ouvert activities in the Caribbean community here, saying that it is an ...