Even as some Caribbean countries continue in recovery mode following the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria last September, forecasters are warning that the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season will be another active one, with above-average activity. In its long-range forecast for the season which officially runs June 1 to November 30, researchers at Colorado […]
SANTIAGO, Chile – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) updated its economic activity growth projections for the region’s countries during 2018 and kept its estimate for average regional expansion at 2.2 per cent, after growing 1.2 per cent last year, the United Nations organization said. That remains the same as what […]
Benefitting from a Community of Practice By Meegan Scott Recent studies show that the Caribbean immigrant in Canada and other OECD countries are among the least likely to start and grow a business. Many Caribbean immigrant businesses fall in the micro business category with incomes well below US $500,000 per annum. On the other hand, […]
A 24-year old University of the West Indies (UWI) medical student from Barbados came to Toronto to say thanks last Saturday evening to donors of a scholarship he received which became ” a turning point” in his life. With tears steaming down his cheeks, Kodee Sargeant, the third-year student whose ambition is to be “a […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The number of Venezuelan nationals seeking asylum or detained at the main immigration center here has increased significantly, a joint select committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament has been told. Acting Chief Immigration Officer, Charmaine Gandhi-Andrews, told the committee on Friday that an estimated 2,000 Venezuelans have applied for […]
Publishers of community newspapers trying hard to make ends meet at a difficult time in the industry, got some encouraging news from Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne on Tuesday when she spoke to the “mullticultural media ” at a Scarborough hotel. Acknowledging the pressures facing the media, Wynne told reporters that they are an important link […]
Up to yesterday, the phone kept ringing at the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC) in Toronto. But no one was there to take the calls. And no recorded message came on to let callers know that the ACLC had finally closed its doors – effectively shut down by the Ontario government which withdrew its funding […]
Twenty-three students from a Catholic college in Belleville, Ontario along with four of their teachers, spent eight days in Jamaica during the recent March break. But they were not there as regular Canadian tourist just to enjoy the sun, the sand and the sea. The students from Nicholson Catholic college were hard at work building […]
OTTAWA – The 20I8 federal budget, tabled on Tuesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau. in addressing multiculturalism, noted the “challenges faced by Black Canadians.” It said ” recent domestic and international events, like the rise of ultranationalist movements, and protests against immigration, visible minorities and religious minorities, remind us that standing up for diversity and […]
By Carlton Joseph “Never again” has become the rallying cry for students in Florida who survived the recent mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 people dead. One student, Emma Gonzalez, said “If the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that […]
