Nobel laureate Sir Derek Alton Walcott, a poet and playwright, died on Friday at his home in his native island of St. Lucia, after a prolonged illness. He was 87. Sir Derek received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1992 after being shortlisted for the honour for many years. In selecting him, the Swedish […]
Jamaica-born educator Dr. Inez Naomi Elliston died on February 7 last, after a long illness. Dr. Elliston who came to Ontario 1969, was 84. Dr. Elliston received a Bachelor of Arts degree and Diploma in Education from the University of London and the University of the West Indies and completed a Masters degree in Education […]
‘He was the best prime minister Grenada ever had’ Dear Editor, Sir Nicholas Brathwaite (Sir Nick) died in November 2016 in virtual obscurity, a man with a broken heart for Grenada which he loved and served so well as prime minister from 1990 to 1995. I have served as an economist and civil Servant every […]
By Oscar Walloo Calypsonian Dick Lochan, popularly known onstage as D’Juiceman, died on Thursday night at the Princess Margaret hospital in Toronto after a lengthy battle with leukemia. He was 68. The news of Lochan’s death shocked the local calypso fraternity as most were not aware that he had been seriously ill. Lochan […]
Chutney icon Anand Yankarran died at hospital in Trinidad on Monday after suffering a heart attack.Yankarran who had suffered from kidney problems for several years, was on dialysis. He was 51. Yankarran shot to the spotlight in 1989 when he recorded Zindabad Trinibago, a jingle for a local beer. He would later record the jingle […]
Jamaica-born Lawrence Wilberforce McLarty, the first black uniformed officer in the Toronto Police service, died in Oshawa on Thursday after a lengthy illness He was 87. McLarty who joined the Toronto Police service in 1960, retired in 1992 as a staff sergeant in the Public Complaints’ Bureau. Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said McLarty has […]
Former Cuban President Fidel Alexandro Castro Ruz died on Friday night. He was 90. His death was announced on Cuban state TV by his brother, Raul, who succeeded him ten years ago as the country’s leader. Cause of death was not disclosed but Castro had been in failing health with an intestinal ailment for several […]
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruiz died on Friday night. He was 90. Castro had been in poor health with an intestinal ailment for several years. A Jesuit-educated lawyer, Castro led the revolution that ousted the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959.He then quickly took control of Cuba and sought to transform it […]
Two people, one of them a 17-year old boy from Trinidad, were shot dead during J’Ouvert celebrations in Brooklyn, New York along the West Indian Day parade route on Monday. The Trinidad and Tobago national was identified as Tyreke Borel who had been living in New York for the past four years. Borel was reported […]
By Winston H. E. Suite Who is the man Makendal Daaga for whom there has been a call for a state funeral on his recent demise? Who is this man that has caused a sitting Prime Minister to send condolences to his family while the PM was outside of the country? Who is this man […]
