PRESTON, England – Organizers say they can no longer afford to stage the colourful Caribbean Carnival cavalcade which sees thousands line the streets between Moor Park and the city centre. Instead they will hold a “static” event complete with stunning costumes, music and food on the Flag Market on June 11. A lack of cash […]
One year ago at the announcement that Mark Saunders would be Toronto’s first Black police chief, Anthony Morgan, then with the African Canadian Legal Clinic, gently advised Saunders not to accept “collateral damage” in serving and protecting the community. The charismatic new chief – an excellent listener – said he would take it under advisement […]
By Gerald V. Paul “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it,”- Malcolm X (as seen in the ACLC office). Malcolm X’s mother Louise Little was born in Grenada, came to Canada and was eventually a follower of Jamaica’s Marcus Garvey, the […]
At the 10th anniversary of the Accelerator Centre in the David Johnson Research and Technology Park, members of the extended Waterloo community deserve our warmest congratulations for their significant contribution to practical education, human resource development, scientific and information technology development and application, and especially to the economic progress of Ontario and the future economic […]
VICTORIA, Seychelles – A report by the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat is warning Caribbean countries if they continue on their current development path, by 2050 they will face unmanageable debt, poor growth and greater socio-economic problems. The report, launched at the Fourth Global Biennial Conference on Small States in Seychelles, looks at the current policies and […]
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The exodus of customers from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) in St. Kitts continues. Last Friday, customers intent on closing their accounts over an impending $25 monthly charge on accounts, filled the bank’s downtown location, the line extending outside and around the corner. Customers in St. Vincent also made a […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – There is another call for a clampdown on dancehall music, this time from Barbados Culture Minister Stephen Lashley who says it should be banned from the airwaves. He cites a connection with growing crime and violence in that country with the genre. Lashley is quoted in Barbados’s Nation newspaper calling for a […]
HAVANA, Cuba – Representatives of Cuba and the U.S. again updated the roadmap to normalization of ties between the two nations, including high-level visits in areas like health and agriculture. They also agreed to new exchanges on hydrography, the environment and the implementation of and compliance with law. At the end of the third meeting […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Amid the food, electricity and economic crisis in his country, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived in Jamaica for what the government says was a one-day “working visit”, ahead of his trip to another Caribbean country where a demonstration was planned. A Jamaica government statement said Maduro, who was met on arrival at […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – In an address to the nation, Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony said he has decided to call a general election on June 6, several months ahead of its due date, to ensure peace, stability and certainty in the country and its affairs. “Today, I advised the governor general to dissolve the […]
