Two outstanding lawyers from the Caribbean community were among eleven honourees at the annual Law Society Awards ceremony held last week at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. Guyana-born Patrick Case received the Law Society medal and Jamaica-born Thora Espinet was presented with the Lincoln Alexander Award. Case who was called to the Bar in 1988, has […]
The 18th edition of Muhtadi International Drumming Festival (MIDF) will be held at Woodbine Park in Toronto on the weekend. The two-day festival (June 3-4) is multicultural extravaganza that showcases 30 plus performers/groups playing an eclectic array of drums, music and dance from many nations. One of the themes of this year’s festival is “Canada […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Terry Steers-Gonzales, Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy, says now is the best time for the Guyana government to consider how revenues which are expected to be gained from the oil sector will be spent on various areas of development. Steers –Gonzalez was speaking at the opening ceremony of […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – As United States immigration policy continues to cause major concern in the Caribbean, leader of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will this week examine its implications for the region before it attempts to engage the Donald Trump administration. The discussions will be held at the 28th inter-sessional meeting of the Conference of Heads […]
A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Boeing 737 and a Fly Jamaica Airways Boeing 767 were grounded after an accident at Cheddi Jagan International airport on Tuesday morning. According to news reports, the CAL plane, arriving from New York, was taxiing to its gate when it was struck the tail cone of the parked Fly Jamaica Airways […]
GUYANA reaffirmed its commitment to fostering a zone of peace when a commemorative ceremony was held to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Cubana air disaster on Thursday.The ceremony was attended by President David Granger, Cuba’s Ambassador to Guyana Julio César González Marchante, Ministers of Government, Members of Parliament, Chief of Staff of the Guyana […]
NEW YORK – The adventure experts at Lonely Planet recently released the list of their top 25 “secret” destinations worldwide, and Guyana flew the flag for the Caribbean with the highest single drop waterfall on the planet, Located on the Potaro River in the Kaieteur National Park in Essequibo, the falls are 226 metres (741 […]
NEW YORK – A Guyana-born police officer was last week found guilty of second-degree murder for fatally gunning down his ex-fiancée back in 2007 in an incident described as the deadly end of the couple’s two-year tumultuous relationship. According to a New York Post report, Harry Rupnarine, 39, was found guilty by a Queens Supreme […]
By Gerald V. Paul Clarissa Riehl, Guyana’s recently appointed High Commissioner to Canada, called on Guyanese ” in the Diaspora” to promote their native land ” as a place to do business, to generate industries and to relax.” She was speaking at Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary Awards Gala on Saturday at the Brighton Convention and […]
So Eyes passed by the Africentric Alternative school in West Toronto recently and was greeted by excited students on their way home after their first day of classes in the new school term. Ah! memories of “small” days in Guyana growing up stupid under the Guyana flag but excited by things cultural -songs, poetry, dance […]
