By David Jessop Making movies is big business. The amounts spent on a production can be substantial, running into hundreds of millions of dollars. For the Caribbean, attracting film makers from overseas not only has the benefit of bringing much needed revenue and employment, but can also spur the development of a wide range of […]
Members of the Black community in Hamilton were urged on the weekend to continue to fight for the things that the late Lincoln Alexander fought for in the 1960s and ’70s. Speaking at Lincoln Alexander Day celebration, Hamilton City Councillor Matthew Green warned that if they do not continue the fight, ” no matter what […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Given the existing contribution of the outsourcing sector to job creation in the Caribbean region, coupled with its potential for expansion, calls are being made for greater levels of priority to be given to the outsourcing sector. Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agencysaid more needs to be done by regional governments […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia – Leader of the main opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP), Phillip Pierre has defended the decision of Opposition legislators to boycott Friday’s swearing-in ceremony for new Governor-General, Sir Neville Cenac, saying he does not have the full confidence of the population. Sir Neville, 82, was sworn in Friday at the House […]
“What’s in it for us?” is the standard question that so many communities and business groups ask themselves in the run-up to the municipal and provincial elections that are scheduled for this year 2018. Torontonians will be doing themselves a great disservice if they consider that they are simply choosing between John Tory and Doug […]
Jamaica-born Fitzroy Gordon, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Toronto radio station CKFG-FM (G98.7), who has been a patient at the Sunnybrook Hospital for more than three weeks with” serious health challenges,” is now reported to be ” improving” and “out of critical care.” Gordon is believed to have suffered a stroke though this has […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – At least three Caribbean countries hard hit by Hurricane Irma are to receive a helping hand from the CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility). CCRIF SPC has announced that it will be making payouts totalling approximately US$15.6 million to the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla and St. Kitts […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Heavy rain and 185-mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico’s northeast coast yesterday as Hurricane Irma roared through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida. The strongest Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever measured destroyed homes and flooded streets across a chain of small islands […]
When all is said and done, those of us who live in the Caribbean, and many of us who don’t live there, have yet to face up to an inescapable truth. Our failure to face this truth is the root cause of the continued stagnation in the social and economic growth of the Caribbean region […]
A Trinidad-born woman and her husband were found dead last Thursday in New Mexico. The bodies of Ursula Tammy Kokotkiewicz, 32, who lived in Brampton and had moved to the United States, and husband, Jacob, 31, who served in the US army, were found with gunshot wounds to the head. Their bodies were found in […]
