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- 1 2 "CaribPress: Newsmagazine serving the Caribbean community in Southern California for the past 10 years". Creative Caribbean Network. Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
The first issue premiered with a cover story on reggae artist Maxi Priest. Since that time, CaribPress continues to highlight the accomplishments of music artists and entertainers, but has also profiled notable figures such as television executive Paula Madison, Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks and former Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson.
- ↑ Sentinel News Service (2011-07-21). "Winners of the 2011 Interethnic Relations Awards". Los Angeles Sentinel. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
