By Ron Fanfair Most people don’t look forward to phone calls from the police. Not Zenith Isaacs. The longtime Sparroway resident knows that a call in early December from 33 Division Constables Asif Shaikh or Michael Bradford is likely to let her know that they will be dropping off food hampers and toys to ensure […]
At this time of year when we greet one another with the Christmas message of peace and goodwill, I would like to address the plight of those who are called the legacy refugee claimants – persons who have filed claims for refugee protection before December 2012 and have not yet had a hearing. When the […]
MANCHESTER, England -A convicted football hooligan has been jailed for 16 weeks after he admitted racially assaulting Manchester City and England footballer Raheem Sterling. Karl Anderson, 29, of Manchester who pleaded guilty to racially aggravated common assault in the Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court last week, was also ordered to pay one hundred pounds in […]
PORT OF SPAIN – Soca artistes Machel Montano and Kernel Roberts were granted TT$50 000 bail each after the Court of Appeal here on Friday ordered a retrial in their case dating back to 2007. The court allowed the appeal by Montano and Roberts, the son of the late calypsonian, Lord Kitchener, against their convictions […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad— A doctor in Trinidad has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a newborn baby — five months after the infant’s corpse was found in a freezer at his office. Dr Ronald Budhooram was denied bail when he appeared in the magistrates’ court last week but his attorneys later applied […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Two people were killed and seven others injured when gunmen opened fire on mourners at a funeral service here on Sunday. Reports indicate that three armed men were transported to Kings Chapel Seventh-day Adventist Church in east Kingston and launched a surprise attack on mourners in the churchyard just after 3 […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -The Parliament Office here is investigating a security breach after a woman, dressed in a Santa suit and ringing a bell, entered the parliament chamber on Friday as Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo was making his presentation during the debate on the 2018 national budget. After a walkout by a majority of the government […]
TORONTO, Canada – The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC)has launched a public interest inquiry into racial profiling and racial discrimination by the Toronto Police Service (TPS). The inquiry started last week Thursday. Using its legislated inquiry powers, under Section 31 of Ontario’s Human Rights Code, the OHRC has called for the TPS, the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB) and […]
The Toronto District School Board has hopefully learned two embarrassingly valuable lessons. Lesson number one: think carefully, very carefully, before you act. Lesson number two: young minds and the emotions of young persons, are extremely sensitive and vulnerable. It is ironical that the presence of police officers in schools in areas branded as “priority” areas […]
The Caribbean community in Toronto is relieved that trustees at the Toronto District School Board, (TDSB) last Wednesday, pulled the plug on the decade-old School Resource Officer (SRO) program. Members of the Caribbean community have been consistently calling for the removal of the program, which placed armed police officers in 45 schools across the city. […]
