By Michael Lashley It would be indecent of me to compare the place of money in the politics of Ontario, Quebec or anywhere else with the place of money in the very personal and domestic context described in the calypso sung by the Mighty Sparrow, “No money, no love”. Out of that same sense of […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has undertaken to have cabinet review the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People for its implications for the Jamaican Rastafari community. Holness gave the undertaking at a Jamaica House meeting with a delegation from the Rastafari Millennium Council (RMC), who visited him last week on […]
NEW YORK CITY – TIME, the world’s biggest news magazine, has named Janet Jagan, a former president of Guyana, as one of history’s most rebellious women. In honour of International Women’s Day, the renowned magazine carried an article featuring what it described as some unlikely revolutionaries. Also named in the magazine’s top 16 were: Joan […]
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) is calling for further changes to provide equal access to citizenship and fair process to the Citizenship Act – Bill C-6. “We need to bring down barriers to citizenship, especially for already disadvantaged groups such as refugees, the elderly and women,” said Loly Rico, CCR president. “In line with […]
“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. We cannot adhere to an unjust law.” Those long-ago words by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King have the solid ring of truth to them today as Black Lives Matter strives for its cause in Toronto. An example of Black Lives Matter local chapter’s issues […]
Elissa Antonio’s medical recovery fund has grown to $62, 668 and, more good news, she’s managed to stand beside her hospital bed. The ongoing fundraising is important as it goes towards her medication and other expenses and to help her daughters Brianna and Moneque as she recovers. Recovery will take eight to 10 months. What […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia — Saint Lucia is on target to begin geothermal exploratory drilling. The recently completed surface exploration studies, designed to better understand the geothermal resource conditions, suggest that the resource exists outside of the Sulphur Springs area and outside of the Piton Management Area (PMA). This is good news, as earlier concerns about […]
WASHINGTON, United States – Approximately US$1.8 billion would be needed to end poor housing conditions currently endured by 1 million residents in The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, according to a new Inter-American Development Bank report, The State of Housing in Six Caribbean Countries. The report, which analyzed the implementation of […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will soon allow students to take their examinations on a computer or electronic device. Announcing plans for a pilot later this month, CXC said the move towards electronic testing is in keeping with its commitment “to observe global quality standards in the delivery of examination services and […]
BASSETERRE, St Kitts — In St Kitts and Nevis, diabetes is bigger than zika, bigger than HIV/AIDS, says chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Patrick Martin. “We have an epidemic of diabetes in the Federation… We have a diabetes rate of 20% in adults. One in every five adults has diabetes,” he said. Martin said obesity […]
