Austin Clarke Louise ‘Miss Lou’ Bennett-Coverley The works of two Caribbean-Canadian literary icons, Austin Clarke and the late Louise (Miss Lou) Bennett-Coverley, are being preserved at McMaster University. McMaster librarian Vivian Lewis calls the works “two jewels of our Caribbean collection.” At an event in Toronto recently to pay tribute to Clarke, a Commonwealth and […]
Basil Williams – nicknamed Shotgun. Basil Williams, the former Jamaica and West Indies opening batsman, died last Sunday. He was 65. Williams made his first-class debut for Jamaica in February 1970 and went on to play in 46 matches scoring 2,702 runs with five centuries. He made his Test debut for the West Indies against Australia in […]
Dr. David Rudder is having a ball as a successful – and now honoured – calypsonian. By Gerald V. Paul; The Trinidad and Tobago-born global musical philosopher-king, who gave us Haiti We Love You and numerous other songs, is now Doctor David Rudder. The Calypso legend was awarded an honourary doctor of letters (DLitt) […]
Canadian band Magic joins acts like David ‘King David’ Nieves and I-Sasha at Reggae on the Bay on Saturday in Trinidad and Tobago. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago – Hennessy Artistry’s Reggae on the Bay will feature a slate of powerful singers from Trinidad and Tobago who will rep the 868 alongside some […]
By David Atkinson; “God saw he was getting tired and the cure was not to be, So He put his arms around him and whispered “Come with me.” David Atkinson, from Kellits, Clarendon, Jamaica, devoted to Caribbean culture as a founding member of Club Carib in Oshawa, has died at age 73. His Canadian-born soulmate and best […]
Basil Williams, the former Jamaica and West Indies opening batsman, died last Sunday. He was 65. Williams made his first-class debut for Jamaica in February 1970 and went on to play in 46 matches scoring 2,702 runs with five centuries. He made his Test debut for the West Indies against Australia in March 1978 at […]
Chris Gayle – world-class batsman. Chris Gayle, the 36-year-old Jamaican and West Indies opening batsman, will join eight other West Indian players in the Bangladesh Premier League which starts next month. The big hitting left-hander, rated as a world-class T20 batsman, was the first player to have scored a century in international Twenty20 cricket. Gayle […]
Roland Holder – top teams in Caribbean. West Indies will host reigning ICC ODI World Champions Australia and current World No. 3 South Africa in a Tri-Nation 10-match ODI tournament from June 6 to 26, 2016. A release by West Indies Cricket Board says three matches are to be played at Providence Stadium in Guyana and […]
Canadians decisively rejected Stephen Harper and a continuation of the policies of his Conservative government in the election last week. The Conservatives were in office for nine years, during which time Canada was one of the few developed economies not to suffer serious economic slowdown and remained immune to the financial crisis which ravaged […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Chinese restaurant owners fear untold damage has been done to their businesses in the aftermath of a video showing Chinese nationals skinning a dog and Health Minister Dr. Fuad Khan’s statements allegedly equating reduction of the stray dog population to dog meat being served to diners at Chinese restaurants. Sales […]
