Prime Minister Tillman Thomas Sunday named February 19 as the date for a general election in Grenada, urging supporters of his ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to return his party to power for another five year term. Thomas, who led the NDC to an 11-4 victory in the 2008 general election, did not name the […]
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Toronto’s first murder victim for 2013 has Caribbean roots. Evadne Williams-Scott, age 2, was found dead at the Mississauga home of her Canadian-born mother Teresa Williams on New Year’s Day. The child’s father is Tobago-born Wendell Scott, who had planned to take his child to Tobago to live with him in March. Little Evadne who […]
By Jasminee Sahoye A new immigration requirement for temporary resident visas, study and work permits for citizens of a number of countries including Jamaica, Haiti and Colombia to enter Canada becomes effective this year. Citizens from these countries will be required to have their fingerprints and photographs collected before arriving in Canada. Citizenship and Immigration […]
Researchers have discovered a new biological mechanism that may help reduce the onset of diabetes, a disease that is prevalent among more than nine million Canadians, and is prevalent among people of Caribbean origin. According to the Canadian Diabetes Association, approximately 10 per cent of people with diabetes have type 1 and the number with […]
By Gerald V. Paul As WestJet is running things in the Caribbean, with plans to land in Guyana, they have enjoyed healthy passenger demand heading into 2013 as they reported record load factors for December. “We are very pleased to close out the year with six consecutive monthly load factor records and record high loads […]
By Herman Silochan Veteran mas band leader and community organizer, Julien Baptiste, passed away last week after a lengthy illness. Though not a band leader at the inception of Caribana, he was there in 1967 in a supportive capacity, but years later he took an active role, especially nurturing youth and the arts. His group […]
By Herman Silochan One hundred and fifty years ago last week, January 1st to be exact, at the height of the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the opposing Confederate States. That was not an act of Congress, but a prerogative of his presidential powers of a nation at […]
