Toronto residents with ties to the Caribbean say they sympathize with protests against the British monarchy in Jamaica as a controversial royal tour continues there this week. Prince William and Kate Middleton were in Jamaica for two days as part of a Central American and Caribbean tour. Protesters gathered before their arrival. One hundred individuals […]
By Stephanie Korney The people and customs of India are integral to the history of the Caribbean and remain part of the region’s way of life. The first people from India came to Jamaica on board the S. Blundel Hunter on May 10, 1845. Two-hundred men, 28 women, and 33 children debarked in Old Harbor […]
On Friday, March 25, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism for Jamaica, will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with George Brown College to establish a Satellite Resilience Centre. Minister Bartlett will be joined by Dr. Gervan Fearon, George Brown’s President, for the official signing of an MOU between the College and the main Global […]
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will soon arrive in the Caribbean for a perceived charm offensive in the Caribbean, and experts say that they should instead help the region sever its long-standing ties with the monarchy. Royal family’s William, 39, and Kate, 40, are said to tour the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Belize to convince […]
By Rhoda Reddock Professor of Gender, Social Change and Development, UWI Women in the English-speaking Caribbean have been members of women’s organizations since the 19th century. In the main, these have been religious-based women’s organizations, especially of the various denominations of the Christian Church. In this region the organization of women was particularly important […]
Born in Jamaica, she immigrated to Canada at age five and grew up in Toronto Leslyn Lewis announced on Tuesday, March 8th, that she will be entering the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, becoming the second candidate to do so after Pierre Poilievre. “I’m running to lead our party and our country based on […]
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. […]
A salute to a singular Caribbean woman By Stephen Weir She was the cornerstone of the Jamaican Canadian community and is about to receive her just rewards at a special ceremony in Toronto in May. The national Juno Music Award will be posthumously honouring the late Denise Jones with the 2022 Walt Grealis Special Achievement […]
Jamaica Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon Olivia Grange, says the government will draft legislation to protect the rights of practitioners in the creative sector, to include the music industry, as the country seeks to safeguard the cultural and economic contributions and legacies of its well-known creations, such as reggae. Opening the […]
The CARIFTA Games wrapped up here today on another picture perfect day in Jamaica for track and field events at the National Stadium. It’s a fine facility featuring a Usain Bolt track design based on the one on which he won his first world championships in Germany. On arrival at the stadium grounds, you come up […]
