NEW YORK, Aug   2,  CMC – After three celebrated years at Brooklyn, New York’s historic Kings Theatre, the Caribbean Music Awards (CMA) says it is expanding beyond the awards stage with the launch of the inaugural Caribbean Music Awards Elite Weekend Experience, a destination celebration taking place September 18-20, in Trinidad & Tobago. “This […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul. 32, CMC – President Irfaan Ali has paid tribute to the resilience, sacrifice and enduring legacy of African ancestors while urging Guyanese to continue building a nation founded on unity, equality and shared prosperity. In his Emancipation Day 2026 message, the President extended greetings to Guyanese at home and abroad, describing the […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug.2, CMC – Jamaica is preparing to take the next legal step in its campaign for reparations for slavery by petitioning King Charles III to refer a series of legal questions to the Privy Council. Culture Minister Olivia Grange announced the move during the annual Seville Emancipation Jubilee in the northern parish of St. […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug. 2, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging Guyana to accelerate efforts to resolve longstanding disputes over ExxonMobil’s cost-oil audits, saying the issues have important fiscal and governance implications. In its Staff Concluding Statement following the 2026 Article IV Mission, released on Friday,  the IMF said the government should move quickly […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug.2, CMC – Barbados will establish three postgraduate scholarships focused on Black Studies and reparatory justice as part of its continuing campaign for reparations for slavery, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced in her Emancipation Day message. Mottley said the scholarships will be offered through the Ministry responsible for Pan African Affairs in the […]

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Aug. 2, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has launched a fresh diplomatic effort to persuade the United States to remove the twin-island nation from recently imposed visa restrictions and the newly established U.S. Visa Bond Programme. Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to U.S. President Donald Trump requesting a review […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 2, CMC – Justin Greaves’s unbeaten half century helped the West Indies level the playing field with Pakistan at the end of the first day’s play in the second Test here on Sunday. Greaves finished the day on 64 not out and the Windies fought back to reach 239 for […]