By Kwesi Isles Jan 25, 2013 – Courtesy Demerara Waves – The Guyana National Assembly Friday night passed an opposition bill aimed at repealing the Former Presidents Benefits and Other Facilities Act of 2009 without the support of the government. The Former Presidents Benefits and Other Facilities Bill of 2012 was piloted by APNU MP […]
Toronto’s Pan Arts Network (PAN), as it does annually, paid tribute last weekend to two people who have taken the steelpan to higher heights in Canada. The Network handed out the awards at its Snowflakes on Steel show last week in Toronto, and flanking this year’s awardees are PAN executives Wendy Jones (l) and Earl […]
Seelal Binda’s plans to buy a new car were pleasantly intercepted when he received a call from The Scarborough Hospital Foundation informing him that he just won a 2013 Toyota Corolla. The brand new car, donated by Scarborough Toyota, was the grand prize in this year’s Win A Car Charity Raffle hosted by the Foundation […]
By Herman Silochan Once again, I donned my winter jacket, warm long johns and snug shoes for my annual trip to Detroit. With a winter blow brewing on the southwest 401, taking Greyhound instead makes sense. Boarding the bus is like entering an aircraft, security is heavy, my seating is tight, and laptop connections are […]
MISS AMERICA Sorry, fellas, but if you were eyeing the new Miss America, Brooklyn’s Mallory Hagan, who was crowned last Saturday night in Las Vegas, you’re way too late. Miss New York, who is really originally from Alabama, has a boyrfriend. He is Trinidadian Charmel Maynard, 28, an associate at JP Morgan in New York. […]
By Jasminee Sahoye An assessment by the Office of the Fairness Commissioner (OFC) of regulators’ assessment of internationally trained professionals shows that while some improvements have been made, there are still a number of issues that need streamlining. In its 75page report A Fair Way to Go: Access to Ontario’s Regulated Professions and the Need […]
By Jasminee Sahoye A Guyana-born Trent University professor is the latest star of the university’s “Luminaries” advertising campaign. The campaign is designed to focus on the university alumini and professors who have distinguished themselves in their academic or professional careers. Dr. Suresh Narine who is the director of the Trent Centre for Biomaterials Research and […]
Forbes recently issued its annual ranking of the highest-earning women in music, and placing third, with a whopping US$53 million, Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna can easily afford to add a king’s ransom of jewels to her crown. Ranking behind Britney Spears and Taylor Swift, in first and second position respectively, the Unapologetic girl edged last […]
Tap dancer Sachin Beepath of Pickering took home gold at the World Junior Tap Dancing championship in Germany earlier this month. Sachin, a double silver medallist in the 2011 event, is of Trinidadian parentage. He and his twin sister Ariana competed at the event, and the top performing students of Pickering High School were believed […]
By Gerald V. Paul In what is being seen as a blow to Hindus, the City of Mississauga has opted to stick to a by-law that allows crematoriums to be located only in cemeteries of parkway belt lands and must be at minimum, 300 metres from residential and sensitive land uses. “Through this by-law the […]
