Barbados LGBT community calls on Buju Banton to publicly denounce ‘Boom Bye Bye’

December 24, 2018 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_5599" align="alignleft" width="300"] Buju Banton[/caption] The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) community has called on Jamaican dancehall recording artist Buju Banton, fresh from serving a prison sentence, to publicly denounce one of his most popular songs ahead of a performance scheduled here next year. Early...

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Man jailed after being found guilty of raping wife

December 20, 2018 in Regional

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — A 39-year-old man who was found guilty of raping his wife four years ago has been sentenced to 13 years in jail. An eight-member jury had, in November, also found the man guilty of assaulting his wife between October 15 and...

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Buju concert on March 16

December 19, 2018 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_5599" align="alignleft" width="300"] Buju Banton[/caption] IT'S official. Buju Banton's first major performance will be held on March 16 at National Stadium in St Andrew. Ronnie Tomlinson, publicist for the Grammy-winning deejay, confirmed the date with the Jamaica Observer yesterday, noting tickets will go on sale as...

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Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine. Many U.S. patients can’t get it without breaking the law

December 18, 2018 in Regional

George Keays is not a rogue kind of a man. A Colorado real estate agent and grandfather of three, the 65-year-old practices yoga and meditates regularly. But the U.S. government, he says, has left him no choice but to break the law. If, that is,...

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PAHO urges collective action for access to health care in the Caribbean

December 17, 2018 in Regional

WASHINGTON, USA (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has joined the commemorations with a call to work together to find solutions that will ensure that all people in the Caribbean and elsewhere have access to quality health services without having to endure financial...

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