By: Robert McCrum - The Guardian
In Britain, literary festivals ply their trade in tents, church halls and dusty hotel ballrooms. At Calabash in Jamaica – a festival that rivals Hay, Bath and Cheltenham – the action takes place on Treasure Beach und
KINGSTON, Jamaica — It seems hard to believe that 21 years ago Big Mountain scored a massive hit with their reggae cover of Peter Frampton’s Baby I Love Your Way. Even harder to fathom, its been 10 years since the southern California band released a
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cuba announced Tuesday that it will legalize small- and medium-sized private businesses in a move that could significantly expand private enterprise in one of the world's last communist countries.
Cuban busi
HAVANA (AP) — "Fast and Furious." U.S. cruise ships. A star-studded private celebration of Chanel.
The triple tsunami of global capitalism that pounded socialist Cuba this month has spawned a fierce debate about the downside of detente with the Unit
CayFilm 2016 is just around the corner, from July 1-4, bringing film screenings, workshops, seminars and star-studded parties to Cayman’s shores.
Movie buffs, aspiring actors, directors and film crew who have not already bought tickets should do so
Roell Gomes has his eyes set on the world’s fashion capitals – Paris, Milan and the likes – but for now he is busy growing his brand, an unmistakable Roell Gomes brand, and preparing himself for the big outing. He knows that to get what he wants woul
Barbados will begin exporting some of its manufactured goods to Cuba in a matter of months, Minister of Trade, Industry and Commerce Donville Inniss said today.
The Minister made that announcement midway through a tour of BMEX 2016, on which he was
Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Freundel Stuart (centre) and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Energy, Immigration, Telecommunications and Invest Barbados, Senator the Hon. Darcy W. Boyce (right), listen as Executive Vice President
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce holds up the Jamaican flag after winning the 100-meter gold medal at the London Olympics in 2012. Fraser-Pryce will try to win a third gold in that event in Rio this summer. “For me, I try not to think about it too much, becau
FLORIDA, United States, Friday April 29, 2016 – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced it will no longer use the names Erika and Joaquin for future tropical storms or hurricanes in the Atlantic.
It will replace Erika with “Elsa” a
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legendary former captain Sir Vivian Richards has chided cricket’s world governing body, the ICC, for its reprimand of the West Indies following their capture of the Twenty20 World Cup in India earlier this month.
Sir Viv, w
NICKI Minaj doesn’t want to be seen as single or in a relationship; she is saying that Meek Mill is just a boy that likes her.The rapper/actress appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres show on Thursday to promote her new film, ‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’, wh
President David Granger is watering the tree he planted in Bartica on National Tree Planting Day, when he called for a 'green revolution'
THE budding community of Bartica will, on April 23, 2016, officially be declared a town, as the Government fu
An influx of tourists from the US is placing pressure on Cuba’s hospitality industry. Photograph: Valerio Berdini/REX/Shutterstock
Shortages prompt island’s main brewer to consider opening a new plant and importing beer from outside the country to k
West Indies Women cricketers run on the pitch as they celebrate their World T20 tournament victory.
KOLKATA, India (CMC) — Teenager Hayley Matthews and Captain Stafanie Taylor fashioned half-centuries as West Indies Women produced a superb run chase
KOLKATA, India (AFP) The West Indies women's and men teams became the first to win both the women's and men's World Twenty20 finals in pulsating matches in the Indian city of Kolkata.
Below are the match reports on both matches:
Men's team
Carlos Br
Aiko Jones in action for Jamaica in the Girls’ Under-18 discus at the Carifta Games at the Grenada National Stadium yesterday. Jones threw a personal best 46.49 metres to win gold.
Defending champions Jamaica were well on their way to retaining thei
Kingston (Jamaica) (AFP) - Usain Bolt has confirmed this year's Olympics will be his last, snuffing out the possibility of extending his career to the 2020 games in Tokyo.
The Jamaican sprint king had raised the prospect of prolonging his Olympic ca
