CHORZOW, Poland, Aug 23, CMC – Olympic 100m champion Oblique Seville ran a sizzling 9.83 seconds to win gold in dominant fashion at the Silesia Diamond League here at the Stadion Śląski on Sunday. The Jamaican sprinter burst out of the blocks and never relinquished his lead on his way to setting a new meet record. […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 23, CMC – A scholarship has been launched in memory of former Miss Universe Jamaica contestant , Latoya Malcolm. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright announced the establishment of the LaToya Malcolm Scholarship for Resilience. The announcement came amid emotional scenes as the mother, […]

NASSAU, Bahamas, Aug. 23, CMC – A man left paralysed after being shot by a police officer in 2016 has been awarded an US$80,000 interim payment from the state to help cover urgent medical treatment. Justice Camille Darville Gomez ordered the Commissioner of Police and the Attorney General to make the payment to Thorne Clarke, […]

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Aug.  23, CMC – The Caribbean Music Awards (CMA) says legendary calypsonian Calypso Rose, as well as Shyne, Patra and Alan Cavé, will be honored during its fourth annual awards at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) here on Sept. 19.  Calypso Rose will receive the Elite Calypso Honor, while international recording artist, […]

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, Aug 23, CMC – The Guyana Amazon Warriors hardly broke a sweat on their way to a comprehensive seven-wicket win over the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, their third in as many matches in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League. Fast bowler Shamar Joseph led a sensational bowling performance by the visitors that […]

by Lennox Aldred KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 22, CMC – The sweet sound of victory echoed through Stadium East on Friday, but for Jamaica’s men’s lacrosse team, it was more than just a win; it was a coronation. In front of a fervent home crowd, the Hummingbirdz punched their ticket to the 2027 World Lacrosse Championship, securing […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 22, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago police have launched an investigation after a newborn baby girl was found in a cardboard box at the side of a roadway in South Oropouche on Thursday. Police said that at about 12:15 p.m., a 23-year-old Spanish national of St Mary’s Village, South Oropouche, […]

Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 22, CMC — Guyana’s candidate for United Nations secretary-general, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, has taken the lead in the second informal Security Council straw poll, receiving the highest number of “encourage” votes. A straw poll is an informal, non-binding […]

NEW YORK, Aug 22, CMC – The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) on Saturday opens “Journey of a Soca King: The Exhibition”, celebrating the life and career of acclaimed Trinidadian Soca Superstar Machel Montano. Opening at the Central Library in Brooklyn and created by the Machel Montano Foundation for Greatness, BPL said the exhibition is accompanied […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 22, CMC — The Jamaican Government plans to invest US$50 million over the next 18 months to improve water services and other critical infrastructure in rural communities, Water, Environment and Climate Change Minister Matthew Samuda has announced. Samuda said the investment comprises US$35 million from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and US$15 […]