U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – The United States Virgin Islands is offering a free night’s stay along with spending credits for travel to St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas from June to October. USVI Department of Tourism announced its 2016 Summer-Fall Promotion, which includes a fourth night free and $350 in spending credit. Travelers must […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A joint forces operation swoop through Georgetown Prison last weekend confiscated contraband items such as cigarette lighters, improvised weapons and marijuana. This follows what was described by Toronto lawyer Selwyn Pieters as a “proliferation of contraband within the jail (that) raises serious public safety concerns” during the hearings into the recent Georgetown […]
Saint Lucia’s governor general brought a message to Toronto: Continue the good work of SickKids-Caribbean Initiative or “we wlll never be able to look another cancer patient child in the eyes.” Dame Pearlette Louisy, patron of Saint Lucia Toronto Aid Action Group (STAAG) responsible for the Caribbean Soiree gala, last Saturday at the Peter and […]
A spokesman for the Black Action Defense Committee (BADC) said, “In reviewing the testimony from the Jermaine Carby inquest a number of troubling revelations have come up.” BADC Director Kingsley P. Gilliam said the committee is demanding that the Attorney General of Ontario bring charges against Const. Justin Chittenden, one of the officers involved. Gilliam […]
Toronto including the Caribbean Diaspora are praying for the survival of a baby boy taken at just 20 weeks by C-section as his mother lay dying of a gunshot would inflicted by a gunman branded by a Toronto Police superintendent as disgraceful and a coward. The baby is in stable condition, hospital officials say, but […]
Couva Boys’ journey began in the fall of 2008 with the Brampton All Fours League (BAFL). They persevered throughout the last eight years, finally capturing a Hat-trick win in the BAFL 2015-16 season. Couva Boys won their conference, the 2016 playoff finals, and the 2016 knock-out finals. Couva Boys’ lucky charm Mary Jane Mason was […]
NEW YORK CITY – The UN Security Council has expressed deep disappointment that Haitian officials failed to meet election and inauguration deadlines agreed upon in the February political accord, calling on all concerned to ensure the prompt return to constitutional order. In a statement, the council welcomed, however, the reconstitution of the Provisional Electoral […]
The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, touched down May 12-14 for the Cayman Islands Invitational where he won his 100m men’s event. Bolt is on his path to the Olympic Games in Rio and spent time in the Cayman Islands meeting with local fans, school children and government officials. Canadian Phylicia George placed second in […]
She wanted to explore and figure things out and that’s exactly what U of T Scarborough student Daniela Spagnuolo did on a 10-month internship in Guyana. Armed with research information and contacts in Guyana through friends here of Guyanese heritage, the 21-year-old from North York related how she had eye-opening experiences, living on her own, […]
Building up our health sector is literally a matter of life and death. It is therefore not surprising that good health, both physical and mental, ranks among the highest of our priorities. Without it, our quality of life can drop to its lowest level and life itself can become meaningless. It is worth repeating that […]
