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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Saturday, January 4, 2020 (CMC) – A 27-year-old artiste was jailed for seven days, after he pleaded guilty to making an unauthorized performance on the counter of a popular, fast food restaurant, on Old Year’s day. Magistrate, Douglas ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Monday, January 6, 2020 (CMC) – The Ministry of National Security says that it will be implementing a ban on glass bottles, during the upcoming Carnival season. During a recent meeting, officials from the ...

By Sarah Olutola Guest Writer When the American Music Awards gave Taylor Swift the title of Artist of the Decade, TV show host, Wendy Williams, was likely not the only one surprised. Of this decade’s pop juggernauts, Beyoncé has stood at ...

LONDON, England December 15, 2019 (CMC) – Twenty-three-year-old Jamaican medical student, Toni-Ann Singh, won the 59th edition of the Miss World competition, here, last night. Ophely Mezino of France and Suman Ratansingh Rao from India, placed second and third, respectively. ...

By Marina Eckersley Guest Writer As of the third quarter of 2019, music streaming giant, Spotify, had 113 million paid subscribers worldwide — but it’s still missing some famous albums that many listeners feel they can’t live without. And in ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, December 4, 2019 (CMC) – US composer, Irving Burgie — who helped popularise Caribbean music with songs such as Day-O, Island in the Sun, Jamaica Farewell and Mary’s Boy Child — is dead. Born on July 28, 1924, ...

Cheryl Thompson Guest Writer When Harriet, the biopic about Harriet Tubman, debuted earlier this month, reviews were mostly favourable and it did better than expected at the box office, grossing $12 million its opening weekend. Several news stories have since ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 11, 2019 (CMC) – The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has designated the city of Port-of-Spain as a City of Music. The announcement was made, last week on Tuesday, by ...

TORONTO, Ontario November 8, 2019 — Allidia Aubrey, representing the village of Morne Rachette, won the title of Miss Wob Dwiyet Canada 2019, out of a field of four contestants. The cultural pageant show was the highlight of the Commonwealth ...

BRAMPTON, Ontario November1, 2019 — The late Karl Mullings, a renowned reggae music industry stalwart and influential artist manager, who passed away in Toronto, on July 29, 2005, was honoured by the city of Brampton, which named one of its ...