The swearing in of Senator Garvin Simonette to replace corruption-accused Marlene McDonald as Minister of Public Administration, has been cancelled. According to a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister, the President was asked to revoke the appointment of McDonald. However, the Prime Minister retains the Public Administration portfolio “until a new appointment is […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Police in Trinidad and Tobago are still questioning Public Administration Minister Marlene McDonald and her husband, Michael Carew, in an investigation into corruption allegations after members of the Fraud Squad searched their home and arresting them last Thursday. The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) said in a statement that […]
Deputy mayor of Port of Spain Hillan Morean told the gathering for the Emancipation parade in the city that the Port of Spain City Corporation was renaming Oxford Street after Kwame Ture, Trinidad-born pan-African activist. He said the corporation received a number of proposals from the Emancipation Support Committee (ESC), one of which was for […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Nazma Muller, founder of the Caribbean Collective for Justice and a staunch advocate for the legalisation of marijuana in the region, has long maintained that it’s unconscionable that Trinidad and Tobago’s ministry of health has never exercised clauses to amendments made to the Dangerous Drugs Act in 2000, which allows […]
A St. Vincent-born woman whose claim for refugee status in Canada was turned down in March last year, is appealing to Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen to allow her to remain in the country after her son was murdered in Trinidad on Friday. Kaytura Creese, 31, has written to Minister Hussen, begging him to review her […]
By Stephen Weir World travelling Trinidadian jazzman Etienne Charles is going to put the dingolay into this year’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival. Earlier this week the trumpeter called the Caribbean Camera from Spain to say that he was going to lead a guest Mas Band in the Carnival’s grand parade and hopes that revellers will jump […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A gifted lyricist, a master inventor and a global talent manager will be honoured by The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill for their stellar professional achievements at this year’s graduation ceremony scheduled for October 19th. Barbadian calypsonian Stedson “Red Plastic Bag” Wiltshire will be conferred a Doctor of Letters (DLitt) […]
NEW YORK – A former Caribbean soccer official fighting extradition in the FIFA bribery scandal has been ordered to pay $79 million in damages from a related United States lawsuit. US District Judge William Kuntz ordered the default judgment against Jack Warner in the 2017 civil action accusing him of embezzling tens of millions of […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidadian jurist Peter Jamadar will officially sit on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). He replaces Justice David Hayton who will be retiring from the Court after 14 years of service. His appointment was announced by the CCJ last Friday, a day after he was sworn in by Trinidad and […]
Trinidad-born dress designer Genevieve Clothilda Thomas nee Lezama died on June 21 last in Toronto after a long illness. She was 89. Thomas ran Genevieve de Paris, a small dress shop on Bloor Street in Toronto, and was known by many in the Caribbean community for her exquisite bridal outfits. She was also the publisher […]
