Surinam’s Office of the Attorney General has initiated a preliminary inquiry into a potential corruption matter involving President Chandrikapersad Santokhi and two ministers, including Finance Minister Stanley Raghoebarsing. Allegations suggest that the government may have disbursed around US$7.5 million to Pan-American Real Estate, a local company, through falsified documents. The Public Prosecution Service clarified that […]
The Haitian government has announced a state of emergency and implemented a curfew following a surge in gang-driven violence over the weekend, resulting in the escape of thousands of prisoners during attacks on the nation’s two largest prisons. The immediate 72-hour state of emergency was declared as authorities aim to track down the assailants and […]
By Stephen Weir It usually doesn’t happen this way. A retired Black York Region police supervisor wakes up at 4 am from a sound sleep, goes upstairs to his office, and sits down to begin writing his autobiography. Fast forward a few years, Keith Merith, without introduction, an agent, or an editor, mails off his […]
Ensuring access to justice stands as a foundational principle within the Canadian legal system, and is emblematic of a society committed to upholding the rule of law. Recognizing the pressing need to dismantle systemic barriers present in the justice system, there is a crucial call to establish equitable and impartial avenues for legal recourse, particularly […]
JamesBy Lincoln DePradine Dr Jean Augustine left frontline politics in 2006, and Terry James retired as a Toronto Police Service (TPS) sergeant in 2010. The two are “incredible’’ and are still impacting communities in Canada, according to Jacqueline Edwards, president of the Association of Black Law Enforcers (ABLE). “You have created and cultivated changes in […]
Three fugitives who had escaped from a Grenada jail, where they were initially detained on charges of rape, robbery, and violence, will be sent back to their home country. The trio, identified as Atiba Stanislaus (23), Trevon Robertson (25), and Ron Mitchell (30), were implicated in the suspected killing of two Americans, Ralph Hendry (66) […]
Former Dominica prime minister Edison James was released on EC$50,000 bail last Friday, after spending an estimated 20 minutes in a holding cell in a magistrate’s court after he was committed to stand trial in the High Court on a charge of incitement. He is charged with “encouraging, persuading, or instigating by words, causing persons […]
Trinidad and Tobago finds itself grappling with a severe environmental crisis as an unidentified vessel, now partially submerged, leaks hydrocarbons off the southwest coast of Tobago. Prime Minister Keith Rowley has declared the situation a “national emergency,” pledging governmental resources to address the unfolding catastrophe. The spill, which has already tainted several beaches along Tobago’s […]
The Black Action Defence Committee (BADC), in collaboration with the Black Legal Action Centre and the renowned law firm McCarthy Tetrault, is launching a new Class Action Lawsuit to address Toronto Police carding. Back in 2015, BADC initiated a series of Class Action Lawsuits against police organizations in the Greater Toronto Area, starting with the […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon One of the fundamental principles and objectives as prescribed in Canadian immigration law is, “to see that families are reunited in Canada.” However, is this mandate implemented by all immigration officials? Every day we hear, read, and see hundreds of frustrated spouses, parents, and children denied compassion in their bid to be […]
