BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Police Commissioner Ian Queeley has confirmed that a quantity of drugs to be used as evidence in a pending criminal case had been stolen from the police headquarters and that law enforcement officials are “committed to identifying those responsible for this heinous act.” In a statement, Queeley gave no indication as to […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Leader of the Jamaat-Al-Muslimeen group Yasin Abu Bakr says he will not apologise for the 1990 attempted coup aimed at unseating the Trinidad and Tobago government, even as he acknowledged the “unfortunate inability” of at least one survivor to understand the context of the 1990 “revolution”. In a statement marking the 28th anniversary […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Archbishop of Port of Spain and Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgetown, Rev. , has welcomed the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) recent decision that declared as unconstitutional and a violation of the right to life the mandatory death sentence for a conviction of murder in Barbados. But he […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The High Court in Barbados can no longer impose mandatory death sentences on convicted murderers. Last week, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the island’s highest court, struck down the mandatory death penalty on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. The judgments, the last which Sir Dennis Byron will deliver as […]
NEW YORK – Former Guyana Member of Parliament Abdul Kadir, who was sentenced to life on a conviction of conspiring to commit a terrorist attack at New York’s JFK airport nearly a decade ago, died in a prison in the United States yesterday. Kadir was in his mid-60s. According to News Source Online, family members […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican police are investigating the murder of a British couple in Mount Pleasant in the parish of Portland. Halford Anderson, 75, also called ‘Charlie’ and his wife, 71-year-old Florence Anderson, also called ‘Gayle’, were found dead about 1:30 p.m. on Friday According to local media reports, residents discovered the man’s body near […]
Four murders in Toronto in 24 hours. That’s one of the headlines in this week’s issue of The Caribbean Camera. A stunning headline about frightening news that we do not normally associate with Canada’s largest and most ethnically diverse city. Time was when Caribbean immigrants would brag that Toronto was a safe city -far safer […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -An independent senator is urging the Trinidad and Tobago government to allow for the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, saying the initiative could also help in the diversification of the economy of the oil rich twin island republic. Senator Dr. Dhanayshar Mahabir, a University of the West Indies lecturer, said […]
Immigration matters Sukhram Ramkissoon In the best interests of Sharia When Clara, and her young daughter, Sharia (not their real names), came to Canada over six years ago, they had a big surprise awaiting them. They had come to join Sharia’s father, Torrance (not his real name), who did not have permanent resident status. […]
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada – A 34-year-old politician was one of three men jointly charged with conspiracy to import and traffic in cannabis, after a compressed quantity of the illegal drug was found inside a barrel at the Maurice Bishop International Airport last Friday. Basil Williams who contested the March 13th general elections in the St George’s […]
