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By Jasminee Sahoye Efforts are being made to recruit innovative immigrant entrepreneurs through a new program called the start-up visa. It is aimed at attracting the world’s best and brightest to launch their companies and create new wealth in Canada. The five-year pilot, which is set to launch on April 1, is part of a […]
Jamaicans are complaining that a new Volkswagen ad scheduled to be aired during the Superbowl is racist as it portrays a white man speaking in a Jamaican accent. The actor is originally from Minnestoa, and apparently gets really happy and breaks into the Jamaican accent when he gets a VW. The minute-long commercial, which will […]
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 […]
By Gerald V. Paul Lawyers representing 1,000 people affected by the move to toss out nearly 98,000 immigration applications allege the government had discriminated based on the national origins of the applicants, and as such, breached the Charter of Rights and the rule of law. “The backlog was not a function of volume (of applications),” […]
By Gerald V. Paul When The Camera dropped in at the new site for Tropicana Community Services, we learnt that the first phase complete with office space, the reception area and five counseling rooms, will be completed this year. The second phase will involve the installation of a gymnasium, computer labs, a studio, a kitchen […]
By Jasminee Sahoye What are the labour market experience of immigrants from the Caribbean? This is the main theme that will be examined by a PhD student at Ryerson University in Toronto, who migrated from Trinidad and Tobago almost a decade ago. Ron Branker is looking for candidates in Ontario from Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad […]
While efforts are being made by the Caribbean Tourism Organization to market the Caribbean as an attractive tourist destination, individual countries are doing their fair bit of work to promote their unique products. Last Monday, the Saint Lucia Tourist Board unveiled a new brand campaign “Lift Your Senses,” that captures vacation moments in a fresh, […]
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 […]
