By Nelson A. King CMC Correspondent NEW YORK, New York April 21, 2020 (CMC) – Barbadian singing superstar, Rihanna, says her Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) is expanding support for the COVID-19 global response. CLF said it has collaborated with Twitter ...
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Feed SubscriptionVeteran Jamaican Actress, Lois Kelly Miller, Is Dead
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 9, 2020 (CMC) – Veteran Jamaican actress, Lois Kelly Miller, best known for her role in the Hollywood movie, “Met Joe Black”, died, yesterday, at the age of 102. Miller, a former piano teacher, was a household ...
Read More »Coronavirus Has Dimmed The Lights On Live Entertainment: What Now For Event Managers?
By Chris Gibbs and Louis-Etienne Dubois Guest Contributors COVID-19’s impacts on society are unprecedented and nobody can say precisely when we will return to normal public life. Experts predict that COVID-19 will cut US$12 billion out of the entertainment industry in the ...
Read More »Appeal Court In Jamaica Throws Out Vybz Kartel’s Appeal
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 3, 2020 (CMC) – Popular dancehall entertainer, Vybz Kartel, today, lost his appeal against his murder conviction. After a near two-year wait, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment, affirming the murder conviction of the popular ...
Read More »Jamaica Mourns Death Of Reggae Icon Bob Andy
KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 27, 2020 (CMC) – One of Jamaica’s icons in the music industry, Bob Andy, died at his Corporate Area home, today. Bob Andy, born Keith Anderson, was often described as one of the island’s most celebrated songwriters, ...
Read More »Launching The Creative Industries In The Caribbean — In Style
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia March 20, 2020 (CMC) – Mere months before becoming a contestant on the trendy, fashion design television show, Project Runway, Anya Ayoung-Chee was learning how to sew. The contestant from Trinidad and Tobago would go on ...
Read More »How Sportswear Fashion Is Indebted To Indigenous And African American Cultures
By Henry Navarro Delgado Guest Contributor While reading this, you may be comfortably-dressed in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. Perhaps you prefer sweatpants, hoodies and your favourite sneakers. These staples of contemporary sportswear originated in North America, and now ...
Read More »Trinidad Performers Sweep International Soca Competition
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 24, 2020 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago-born performers swept the top places in the International Soca Monarch competition, here, on Friday night, as Carnival celebrations continue. Neil “Iwer” George won the one million ...
Read More »Women Sweep Trinidad Carnival’s Calypso Monarch Prizes
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 21, 2020 (CMC) – Terri Lyons, who sang on the decision of Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, to leave the Royal Family, has copped the TT$800,000 first prize, as women ...
Read More »Soca Superstar Machel Montano Marries Long-Time Flame
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 14, 2020 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago’s “King of Soca”, Machel Montano, married his long-time partner, Renee Butcher, in a civil ceremony at the newly renovated Parliament building, today, Valentine’s Day. Among those ...
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