The Grenada government has announced plans to observe the 40th anniversary of the murder of Maurice Bishop, the country’s first left wing prime minister, who was killed during a palace coup orchestrated by his deputy, Bernard Coard on October 19, 1983. Head of the 50th Independence Anniversary Committee, Dr Wendy Crawford, told a news conference […]
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Andre De Grasse, hailing from Scarborough, Ontario, sprinted his way to victory in the men’s 200 meters at the 2023 Diamond League Final, held in Eugene, Oregon last Sunday. This remarkable feat marked one of three medals claimed by Canadian athletes during the prestigious Diamond League Final. The impressive showcase of […]
By Margaret Kimberley The members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) follow Biden’s Ukraine policy in lock step. In doing so they fail their constituents and discredit the legacy of Black politics. On June 11, 2015, the late Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) member John Conyers made this statement about Ukraine. “House passed my amendment […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Last month, a 35-year-old citizen of the Bahamas appeared before the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) of the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) in Toronto through a video conference, testifying that he fears harm at the hands of the homophobic Bahamians including his cousin due to his sexual orientation as a gay man. […]
Last Monday was the 22nd anniversary of what the world has come to know as 9/11. It was on September 11th, 2001, that four large passenger planes crashed into three sites in New York, and the fourth in Pennsylvania. Two of the planes crashed into the two World Trade Centre buildings in Manhattan, the heart […]
By Carlton Joseph The Biden Administration recently rejected the global development and security initiatives (GSI) promoted by China, stating that the US must defend the rules-based international order (RBO), that China is trying to “portray” as a Western construct. Why does the US not want to own the rules-based international order they constructed after WWII? […]
By Evelyn Bradley I waited until the end of Endometriosis Awareness Month to talk about this because I want the conversations about invisible disabilities and BIPOC bodies to not be confined to one month. There is often a disconnect between the intersectionality of cultural identity and health (or being perceived as healthy). I find that […]
By Leo Gilling Of the countries globally, and with the 2010 national report of rapes, Jamaica ranks 22nd with 24 rape incidents per 100,000 citizens. The JCF recorded approximately 6600 rape incidents between 2011 and 2020, with about 3250 cleared up. (The clear-up rate refers to all cases disposed of from the court’s active records […]
Andria Babbington, president of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council, told trade union members at the Labour Day parade on Monday that there is still much to do “to combat the housing crisis, the affordability crisis, the climate crisis and the many crises caused by the underfunding of our shared, public infrastructure.” But she […]
Listen to the article now. By Nyima Jobe Last month, students in Trinidad spoke out after being barred from a graduation ceremony. Yet despite a wave of legislation, there is a long way to go to overturn negative attitudes A boy called Bryce from Trinidad was barred from his graduation ceremony because his hair did […]
