Eyes had a delectable salmon working lunch with Islands of The Bahamas’ tourism, travel and media professionals thanks to Stephen Johnson, senior manager of business development and his team at the elegant Hyatt Hotel downtown. Director General of the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Joy Jibrilu ably stood in for Obediah Hercules Wilchombe, minister of tourism […]
The Saint Lucia Diaspora celebrated their 37th anniversary of Independence last Saturday at the Brighton in Scarborough with a prayer by Joan Herby: “Heavenly Father we ask you For guidance and protection Upon our beloved land, Saint Lucia, Cradle it in your arms Like Mother nurturing her babe.” Those words and “Justice, truth and charity, […]
Guyana’s Minister of Education and co-chair of the National Commemorative Commission Nicolette Henry will join Consul General Sattie Sawh, chair of the 50th Independence Anniversary (Canada) Committee, at a pre-independence dance at the Armenian Community Centre on Saturday (Feb. 27) at 7:30 p.m. The celebration is a call for all Guyanese to work together to […]
The Caribbean Children Foundation (TCCF) has signed an agreement with the International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF) to boost treatment for kids with heart ailments in Guyana, TCCF President Jay Brijpaul said. Guyana-born Brijpaul told The Camera the main focus of this project is to provide the components over an extended period to develop a local […]
An invitation is extended to the Caribbean Diaspora to wend your way to Windies Restaurant and Sports Bar, West-Indian drive-in, takeout and catering at 3330 Lawrence Ave. E. for the grand re-opening with lots of samplings: Kraken Rum, Windies Rum Punch and Three Flavours Vodka. Guests are invited to again enjoy the results of 15 […]
Anger is seething in some circles over the recent announcement by Premier Kathleen Wynne that the government is re-establishing an Anti-Racism Directorate headed by Michael Coteau, the tourism, culture and sports minister. Twitter is buzzing with some praising and others criticizing the move. A former Toronto community activist tweeted, “Why now? An election is looming; […]
We must NOT agree that Carnival is debauched, or that it is going to die. Here is why: Who would have thought that we could devise a war, a stage, a gayelle, sans stick, sans knife, sans guns? Just sans humanite. A wargame of wit. Dramatic, feisty, enthralling, full of play, bringing the audience into […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Raymond Tim Kee is no longer mayor of Trinidad and Tobago’s capital city. A week after making controversial comments after the murder of a Japanese Asami Nagakiya, a pannist who visited the twin-island republic for Carnival, Tim Kee handed in the resignation he had announced over the weekend he would […]
WHITE PLAINS, New York – As Heineken USA prepares to take over management of Red Stripe beer on March 1, the company announced plans to repatriate Red Stripe production to Jamaica. Desnoes and Geddes Ltd. (D&G) will start the process of returning production of Red Stripe from North America back to Jamaica by the end […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. President Barack Obama plans a historic visit to Cuba next month, the first U.S. presidential trip to the country in nearly 90 years. It’s a dramatic symbol of the thaw in hostilities between the former Cold War foes. Obama, in his final year in office, will meet with Cuban President Raul […]
