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BOSTON, CMC – The police here are investigating several violent incidents across the city in the hours before the start of Caribbean J’ouvert, that led to six people being shot , one fatally. The police report that a 27-year-old man ...

Photo above: Warrior King was recognized, in August 2010, by the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) Marcus Garvey Awards for his contribution to music. Jamaica’s Artist of the Year in 1975 and 1976, Johnny Clarke, and Warrior King, a devout ...

In the photo above, Sandi Folkes, Executive Director of the CariVaughan festival, poses with MP and Associate Minister of  National Defence, Julian Fantino. Photo courtesy of CariVaughan. Toronto’s north end will experience the splendor and vibrancy of the Caribbean with ...

Photo above: Award-winning St. Lucian poet Kendel Hippolyte says human beings would treat the environment differently if they see the Earth as their “mother”. Photo credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS. By Kenton X. Chance IPS Correspondent CASTRIES, St. Lucia, (IPS) — ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Massy Trinidad All Stars won the US$250,000 first prize in an international pan competition here Sunday, bringing down the curtains on a one week international conference on the musical instrument. “All Stars” as ...

Photo above: Ebonnie Rowe (Front row, third from left, in black and white dress) and members of the Honey Jam crew. By Neil Armstrong PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario – Honey Jam, a Canadian incubator program for young female artists, ...

Dubbed “the next big things”, Ikaya and Dalton Harris, two of reggae’s hottest rising stars, whose music has been blazing on radio airwaves around the world for the past year, will perform at this year’s JAMBANA One World Festival. Ikaya’s ...

Photo above by Anthony Berot. By Lincoln Depradine PRIDE Contributing Writer TORONTO, Ontario — The Festival Management Committee (FMC), organizer of the Scotiabank Toronto Caribbean Carnival, presented a public preview of what’s to be expected when the big parade is ...

Photo above is of Uniquely designed jewellery from Miranda Askie of Antigua and Barbuda. A bevy of beautiful “celebrity models” will “strut their stuff” and will help celebrate Caribbean flair, when the elegance and sophistication of island-chic comes alive on the runway, ...

The JAMBANA™ One World Festival is looking for the next JAMBANA™ Idol who will win prizes, as well as a coveted spot to perform, on August 2 and 3, on its stage in front of approximately 20,000 spectators. Presented by ...