[caption id="attachment_9866" align="alignleft" width="300"] A screenshot from the video showing the altercation between Ian Alleyne (right) and Inspector Roger Alexander.[/caption] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday February 18, 2016 – Despite allegations that a senior lawman abused his power and used excessive force in arresting a popular...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday February 18, 2016 – The leaders of Jamaica’s two main opposition parties will not face off in national debates that were to be held before next Thursday’s general elections. The ruling People’s National Party (PNP) has decided it will not participate “at...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Caribbean tourism industry recorded a seven per cent increase in tourist arrivals last year, with an estimated 28.7 million people visiting the region, the Secretary General of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Hugh Riley announced Tuesday. Riley, presenting the “State...
[caption id="attachment_9835" align="alignleft" width="300"] From left, Gramps, Mojo and Peetah Morgan of the sibling group Morgan Heritage[/caption] Strictly Roots earned first-time nominees Morgan Heritage the Best Reggae Album Grammy at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, yesterday. The set, released in April 2015 on the sibling band’s...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) is warning regional countries that they should brace themselves for floods as the drought conditions which have affected the region since late 2014 are expected to subside by the start of the...