The United Nations on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Voices for action against racism The 2022 edition of the International Day focuses on the theme “VOICES FOR ACTION AGAINST RACISM”. This edition aims, in particular, at: highlighting the importance of strengthening meaningful and safe public participation and representation in […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Permanent residents of Canada are obligated to meet residency requirements. This means in most situations, unless otherwise noted, a permanent resident must spend at least 730 days in Canada within the five-year period under assessment. Let us look at a case where a citizen of Haiti, who I will refer to […]
Activists supporting same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda received a heavy blow Monday following a ruling by a top appeals court in London. The United Kingdom’s Privy Council, which serves as the final court of appeals for several islands in the Caribbean, sided with the government of Bermuda, which had fought a local […]
By Stephen Weir When the 70-minute live play “Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers” ends we in the audience are invited to stick around and talk about the 2012 murder of Trayvon Martin. We think about staying and apologizing for the racist murder of a 17-year-old youth but opt to go to our and […]
Guyana is not backing down. In a recent report, Guyana has submitted a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a bid to dismiss Venezuela’s longstanding claim to Essequibo, which has recently been found to have huge deposits of oil. Citing Guyana’s foreign minister, the report said that the Caribbean nation “now looks […]
Puerto Rico’s government has formally exited bankruptcy, completing the largest public debt restructuring in United States history after announcing nearly seven years ago that it was unable to pay its more than $70bn debt. The exit means that the US Caribbean territory’s government will resume billion-dollar payments to bondholders for the first time in several […]
Haiti wants a former politician accused in the brazen assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last July to be returned to the country from Jamaica. The country’s foreign minister has sent an official request to Jamaica seeking the return of former senator John Joël Joseph, a high-ranking Haitian government source confirmed to the Miami Herald. […]
Editorial Be respectful of each other as we turn the pandemic corner After a harrowing two years, our society has begun reopening as the SARS Cov-2 (the virus that causes the Covid-19 disease) slouches off to the dark corners, contagious as before but far less virulent as it was in its heyday. Bravo! Or should […]
By Lincoln DePradine Two of Canada’s leading agencies serving Black community members infected and affected by AIDS and HIV have been praised for the care they show to clients, as well as for their activism and advocacy. Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) and the African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario […]
Griner arrested in February at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said her luggage contained vape cartridges. US basketball authorities have said that an American star basketball player being held in Moscow on narcotics charges is two-time Olympic champion Brittney Griner. The arrest came as tensions between Moscow and the West have soared over […]
