Two positive developments in recent weeks indicate a clear understanding and the taking of concrete action with regard to the direct link between two sets of twin issues: homelessness and the absence of adequate affordable housing, on the one hand, are directly related to poverty and the broader realities of economic marginalization, on the other. […]
It was a triumph for the author, for his family and relatives, for his friends and former classmates and for the Scarborough neighborhood that nurtured him. Last Saturday, I joined the 50 other guests celebrating the publication of Straight Hood, the first book authored by Allan Brentt Hood. Each and every one of us had […]
Eyesers, this is a continuation of my exclusive interview with Tyrone Tang, CEO and CFO of Caribbean Airlines, at the recent Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Caribbean Week in Toronto. And congrats Caribbean Airlines, the region’s leading airline, in the World Travel Awards, now having won five years in a row and for that special award […]
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia – Puerto Rico’s Hector Cardona has been re-elected president of the Central American and Caribbean Sport Organization (CACSO) during the body’s 46th General Assembly held here, while Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Martin and French Guyana have been accepted as provisional members. Cardona, who formerly served 18 years heading the National Olympic Committee of Puerto […]
The current stories of refugees and migrants from Central America, Cuba, Africa and the Middle East pouring out of these areas in sometimes fatal attempts to reach the U.S. and Europe are nothing new. There has never been a time in history when people were not moving from one place to the next. Recorded history […]
NEW YORK CITY – In a bid to identify the best destinations in the Caribbean for adventure, food, golf, shopping and nightlife, USA Today enlisted the help of 10Best readers, who were given four weeks to determine the best of the bunch in each category. When the results came in, the Dominican Republic maintained the […]
Researchers at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM) are reporting that yoga is useful for men with prostate cancer who are undergoing radiation therapy. The new, first-of-its-kind study found that general quality of life and measurements of side effects often experienced by prostate cancer patients – including fatigue, sexual health and urinary incontinence […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The historic Catholic church once used by American cult leader and mass murderer Jim Jones will reopen for worship next month, nearly 11 years after being devastated by fire. Indiana-born Jones used the Sacred Heart Church to launch his Peoples Temple cult in Guyana but the group was subsequently barred from the […]
ROSEAU, Dominica – The Chinese government has committed to financing reconstruction of a highway which suffered major damage during Tropical Storm Erika in late August, and help resettle residents displaced by the storm. The Edward Oliver Leblanc Highway, or West Coast Road, was significantly damaged during the storm that claimed dozens of lives and caused […]
A woman of Jamaican heritage who was bundled up in a winter scarf that covered her head to keep warm is one of the latest to be attacked in an incident of Islamaphobia. Kayla Christyne Gerber, 26, a singer, dancer, actress and one-time finalist in Miss Canada National, posted the incident on her Facebook page […]
