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The latest edition of the Community News Group’s Caribbean Life newspaper features the 2015 Impact Awards winners and the gala presentation event. They come from varied backgrounds and fields of expertise, but the recipients of the 2015 Caribbean Life newspaper’s Impact Awards share certain attributes — selflessness, determination and passion. The awardees, whose common traits include support for community concerns, are being recognized at the Impact Awards Gala on Thursday in Brooklyn at the Paradise Catering Hall, 51 Avenue U (between W. 11th and W. 12th Sts.). A portion ofRead More

Award-winning Authors for Caribbean Month WORDFest Tracey Baptiste, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor; Marlon James Saturday, June 6, 2015 The Writers Are Coming! Bestselling novelist, Marlon James, celebrated poetess, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, and award-winning children’s book author, Tracey Baptiste, headline this year’s WORD! – A Caribbean Book Fest. This annual coming together of authors, readers and literary curious returns on Saturday, June 6 to the Medgar Evers College campus in Brooklyn, NY – the world’s largest Caribbean meeting. This star-studded celebration of the frequently overlooked literary legacy of the Caribbean’s cultural milieu is beingRead More

Billed as one of the performers for last Saturday’s inaugural staging of the People’s Choice STAR Awards held at the Waterfront in Downtown Kingston; fast rising dancehall artiste Raytid gave a good account of himself delivering a commendable set to the hundreds in attendance [ WATCH HIGHLIGHTS ]. Clad in an all-white ensemble the purple-hair deejay kicked off his performance in the wee hours of Sunday morning with the popular ladies anthem ‘Blah Daff’, and within minutes had a female on stage joining in the festivities as she demonstrated theRead More

A2IM TO PRESENT PAT CHIN, VP RECORDS CO-FOUNDER, WITH LIBERA AWARDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) is proud to announce that the fourth annual Libera Awards Lifetime Achievement Award will honor Pat Chin, co-founder of VP Records, for innovation in the independent music industry. Chin will be honored with the award on June 25 at NYC’s Highline Ballroom during A2IM’s 10th Anniversary Indie Week when A2IM members from across the U.S. will meet along with their International colleagues from over a dozen countries around theRead More

Grammy Award Winner & Certified Platinum Lady Saw Hit Single “Scamma” (Hot Steel Riddim) Digital Vibez Entertainment produced single “Scamma” performed by Grammy award winner Lady Saw is now available on all major digital platforms such as iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon and Google Play among many others. The outspoken dancehall Queen who sings “Mi want a scamma man from mobay .Cah mi hear she dem money se a waymi woulda gi him my body every day cah mi know she money afi pay.” has received some scrutiny by several radio stationsRead More

PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD – Trinidad and Tobago represented by a delegation of senior government officials from the Trinidad and Tobago Tourism Development Company (TDC) and the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Division of Tourism and Transportation accompanied by stakeholders kicked off day one of the ITB Berlin Convention with an award presented by DERPART Travel Services for Sustainable Destination Promotion on the German Market. Derpart is one of the leading travel agency networks in Germany with more than 450 franchise travel agencies with total revenue of 1.5 billion EURO and ranksRead More

Jermaine Edwards successfully releases his Fifth Studio Album ‘Don’t Count Me Out’! Showers of blessing all day Saturday had little effect on the overwhelming support showed by patrons who attended the official launch event of Jermaine Edwards’ fifth studio album on Saturday night. Performing to an almost packed house at 65 Waltham Park Road, Jermaine noted his surprise that in spite of the constant showers the audience came out to celebrate another achievement and blessing with his ‘Don’t Count Me Out’ project. With support from acts represented on the album,Read More

Award Winning Young Adult Novel Musical Youth to be Distributed Throughout the Caribbean BASSETERRE, St. Kitts. Teen readers in the Caribbean and the world will have one more book to read this week when the award-winning Musical Youth by Antiguan and Barbudan author Joanne C. Hillhouse is released. The book, which placed second in the 2014 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature, follows one eventful summer in the life of a group of Antiguan teenagers. According to the book’s blurb, guitarist Zahara and Shaka, a musical genius find love and challengesRead More

CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature and Burt Award winning author Joanne C. Hillhouse will host two free workshops in Antigua and Barbuda – one for teens and one for writers interested in writing young adult fiction. Free Two-day workshop for writers interested in writing teen and young adult literature Where: The Heritage Hotel, Heritage Quay, St. John’s, Antigua When: November 22-23, 2014. Please note: The workshop on Saturday will run from 1:00pm to 4:00pm (Snacks provided). On Sunday the workshop will run from 9:30am to 4:00pm (Lunch provided). InterestedRead More

Project Education announces its 2014 Distinguished Service Award Honorees BROOKLYN, NY—Project Education, the New York-based organization that assists disadvantaged Saint Lucian families in obtaining necessary school supplies, announced that its annual Saint Lucian Breakfast for Education will be held on Sunday, July 13, 2014 from 10:00AM to 1:00PM at the Saint Lucia House, located at 438 E 49th Street, between Church and Snyder Avenues in Brooklyn. Given this year’s theme, “Call to Action; Country above Self,” the presentation of the Project Education Distinguished Service Awards will headline the event. TheseRead More