NEW YORK CITY, New York –Canada, at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)/UN High-Level Pledging Conference in New York on Monday, pledged C$100 million to support reconstruction and climate resilience efforts in the Caribbean region over the next five years. The announcement was made by Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development. The Caribbean […]
The Hilton Toronto on 145 Richmond Street West, opened its doors to Toronto youths last Saturday, for the inaugural Jobs of the Future Youth Summit. The event was put on by the government of Ontario, in conjunction with the Jr Economic Club. It was an all-day affair, commencing at 8:30 am and culminating at 4:00 […]
The UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn concluded last week. And although the United States decided to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, it sent representatives to the conference. The representatives’ goal, it seemed, was to wreck the climate conference negotiations. The US envoys presented a platform of “big coal and big cuclear”, and informed the conference […]
Trinidadian author, David Chariandy, captured the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Award Tuesday at a function at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, Canada. Chariandy also collected the C$50,000 purse for winning. The prize was presented for his book Brother, which detailed the battle of two brothers, of Trinidadian descent, Michael and Francis, against prejudices and […]
Canadians will host more than 60 events for Global Entrepreneurship Week November 13-19. During the Week, Toronto will join cities around the world, including those in the Caribbean, in celebrating entrepreneurs, the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation. How will you be celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week? Valerie MacLeod Global Partner, Haines Centre for Strategic Management. Calgary […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -A homeless man who took the Port of Spain City Corporation to court over an alleged decision to lock him and other homeless people out of Tamarind Square here at nights, has lost his lawsuit and was ordered by the judge to pay the legal cost of the city council lawyers. […]
By Carlton Joseph You may not have yet heard the news but later this month (November 13-19) Toronto will join with cities in 160 countries around the world in celebrating Global Entrepreneurial Week. This event is part of a worldwide program where thousands of events and competitions will be held with the aim of inspiring […]
NEW YORK – United States Congressman Eliot Engel said here Saturday that Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean could see a 28 per cent decline in assistance under the US Agency for International Development (USAID) programme, if what he describes as a “draconian and short-sighted 33 per cent cut” in his country’s international affairs […]
Says finance minister at Toronto meeting By Lincoln DePradine Jamaica’s “biggest crisis’’ is not lack of economic growth, says the country’s finance minister Audley Shaw. Nor is it crime which claimed 167 lives in August alone and is a major problem, Shaw told a Toronto audience on Sunday. “Our truly greatest crisis is a crisis […]
By David Jessop IN most OECS nations, citizenship is available at a cost. It can be purchased by almost anyone who can afford it. There is no qualifying period and no residential requirement. All that is needed is a one-off payment into either an agreed form of investment or to a government development fund, plus […]
