Nathan Maraj PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – Ramdaye Maraj, 74, the mother of Nathan Maraj, 35, whose decapitated body was found in a garbage heap in Port of Spain last Wednesday, says her son’s gruesome murder should be a lesson and a wake-up call to all children involved in drugs. Speaking from her […]
Jimmy Morales GUATEMALA CITY – Former TV comic Jimmy Morales, who has no experience in government, declared himself the winner of Guatemala’s presidential election last week. His win comes after a corruption scandal toppled the last president and stoked outrage with the political establishment. The headquarters of Morales’ National Convergence Front (FCN) party erupted in […]
Andrew Holness WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Andrew Holness says a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government will allow the Jamaican people to vote in a referendum to determine if there should be any amendment to the Buggery Act. “You will also know that when it comes to time to determine whether or not we should […]
Suriname Trust Bank majority shareholder Jim Rassam, left, and Mohamed Maher Mannai, manager of Islamic Financial Institutions Program, are developing Islamic banking in Suriname. PARAMARIBO, Suriname – In an effort to expand its economic partners, Suriname has forged strong ties with the Islamic world by accelerating its engagement with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) […]
Sangster Airport in Montego Bay got high marks. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Every year, SleepingInAirports conducts a survey asking travellers to rate their airport experiences worldwide in several categories to determine the overall ranking. Those that topped the 2015 list of Best Airports in the Caribbean and Central America were considered noteworthy for the overall travel […]
Attractions like the Iwokrama Walkway are helping to boost Guyana’s tourism. GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A decade ago, Guyana was only served by a few airlines. Today that number has more than doubled and airlines have also increased their frequency on existing routes in recent weeks. Moreover, more international carriers are set to enter the […]
Steven Camacho – storied career. Steven Camacho, the former Guyana and West Indies opening batsman, who died Oct. 2 in Antigua at 69 was buried last Sunday at the famous Bourda cricket ground in Georgetown, Guyana, where the West Indies won their first ever Test in February 1930 against England. A memorial service at Georgetown […]
During October, our sister CARICOM country Grenada remembered the events that collided that month in 1983 to bring an end to what came to be known as the Grenadian Revolution. Thirty two years later Grenada and the larger Caribbean have still not come to grips with what happened. The slaughter of comrades by comrades and […]
Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare honoured in Jamaica for contribution to music. KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned producers, Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar and Robert ‘Robbie’ Shakespeare, dubbed the ‘riddim twins’ for their collaborative efforts inside the studio and on the stage, joined scholar and novelist Orlando Patterson as recipients of the 2015 gold Musgrave Medals. The three […]
The new Liberal government caucus has some representation by MPs of Caribbean heritage. Among them is Trinidad and Tobago-born Hedy Fry, a physician and long-standing MP who represents Vancouver Centre. Fry has held that riding since the 1993 election when she defeated then-prime minister Kim Campbell of the Progressive Conservatives, serving several Liberal leaders and […]
