PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Amid calls for government not to touch laws that allow girls to marry as young as 12 years old, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy insisted there is a “critical need for the age of marriage to be aligned to the age of consent […]
Men who become fathers at an older age and / or consume large amounts of alcohol may face taking care of a child with birth defects. This finding is according to a growing body of research uncovered by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Centre. They say these defects result from genetic alterations that can potentially […]
Toronto Police Board will soon make public the results of a Toronto police review of the fatal shooting of Andrew Loku and develop a process to release similar internal reports in the future, the board said in a media release. It is expected the new process will be implemented by June 17. But this only […]
Saint Lucia’s governor general brought a message to Toronto: Continue the good work of SickKids-Caribbean Initiative or “we wlll never be able to look another cancer patient child in the eyes.” Dame Pearlette Louisy, patron of Saint Lucia Toronto Aid Action Group (STAAG) responsible for the Caribbean Soiree gala, last Saturday at the Peter and […]
A spokesman for the Black Action Defense Committee (BADC) said, “In reviewing the testimony from the Jermaine Carby inquest a number of troubling revelations have come up.” BADC Director Kingsley P. Gilliam said the committee is demanding that the Attorney General of Ontario bring charges against Const. Justin Chittenden, one of the officers involved. Gilliam […]
MONTREAL – The 34th Just for Laughs festival will be closing with a bang, and perhaps a hip check or two. P.K. Subban will once again be going where no Montreal Canadien has gone before, and the stalwart Habs defenceman could be on the offence when he hosts a Just for Laughs charity gala Aug. […]
Toronto including the Caribbean Diaspora are praying for the survival of a baby boy taken at just 20 weeks by C-section as his mother lay dying of a gunshot would inflicted by a gunman branded by a Toronto Police superintendent as disgraceful and a coward. The baby is in stable condition, hospital officials say, but […]
Couva Boys’ journey began in the fall of 2008 with the Brampton All Fours League (BAFL). They persevered throughout the last eight years, finally capturing a Hat-trick win in the BAFL 2015-16 season. Couva Boys won their conference, the 2016 playoff finals, and the 2016 knock-out finals. Couva Boys’ lucky charm Mary Jane Mason was […]
Osteoporosis is often associated with women but more men over 65 have been diagnosed. For women screening is now routine but when it comes to men, most are never screened and therefore suffer the consequences of the disease. In the U.S., nearly 1.5 million men over 65 have osteoporosis and another 3.5 million men are […]
BELIZE CITY, Belize – The Caribbean’s indigenous people have called to be given a seat at the political table so as to safeguard their rights to their ancestral lands and resources. The call for political representation for the minority first peoples of the region is one of a slew of recommendations on health, education, […]
