At Joan Alexander & Friends’ 15th annual Soca Parang Lime last Sunday, T&T musical luminaries Joslynne Sealey and Etienne Charles exchange their respective CDs. Charles (Creole Christmas) made a surprise appearance to accompany show headliner Lord Relator. Sealey was in town to promote her CD Famous Arias. Alicia Sealey photo.
NEW YORK CITY – According to the 2015 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, Aruba offers the best fine dining in the Caribbean. Aruba took first and second place in this year’s top 10 with gourmet studio 2 Fools and a Bull and the exclusive Carte Blanche restaurant, respectively. Also securing double honours for culinary excellence was […]
Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaica’s long-anticipated logistics hub dream seems to be one step closer to becoming a reality. Designated Free Zone administrator and operator Masada Jamaica Limited has entered a concessionary agreement with lubricant blender Gulfray America’s Manufacturing Limited for development and management of the Spanish Town Free Zone to the tune of US$350 million. […]
LONDON, England – At the 84th National Honey Show here, the highly coveted Medal of Ukraine, awarded to the best honey in the world outside of the British Isles, was won this year by Eden Apiaries, a boutique organic apiary from the Caribbean island of Grenada. The winning beekeepers are environmental scientist Dr. Valma Jessamy […]
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao – The participation of Curacao, for the first time, in the Havana International Fair (FIHAV) 2015 will be a bright opportunity to strengthen links with Cuba, said Curacao Minister of Economy Stanley Palm. Shortly before leaving for Havana with a business delegation to show goods and services from Curacao at FIHAV, Palm referred […]
BELMOPAN, Belize – In a historic ruling, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ordered the Belize government to pay members of the Maya community compensation for breaching their constitutional rights. A fund of BZ$300,000 (US$150,375) is to be set up as a result of the order. The CCJ ruling was in favour of 25 members […]
Los Pajaros kicked off the 11th Anniversary of the Los Amigos in style at the official start of the 2015 Parang Season. Others on hand last Saturday night at Rembrandt Banquet Hall included Tony Maestre and Friends and Moka. Next up are Joan Alexander and Friends, together with Trinidad and Tobago Heritage Group, present […]
How have we come to accept the notion that the economy does not “need” the services of so many of our unemployed, under-employed and “unemployable” young people? Do we really agree that the exclusion of so many of our young people from the economy in today’s world is an acceptable form of “collateral damage”? Do […]
Dearly Beloved Mayor John Tory: You may recall I told you “I respect you,” after you ran and lost that election. You replied you respected me, too. One Love inna Toronto yard. And you may recall my coverage of your subsequent campaign (aside: one of my stories was so full of ‘kissy-kissy’ that the then […]
Right Reverend Claude Berkley, bishop of Trinidad and Tobago, spoke at the Church of the Nativity, Malvern, last Wednesday and shared his thoughts on the work of the church in that country’s diocese. Berkley, who was guest speaker for the 2015 Arthur Brown and Basil Tonks Dinner at the Church of the Ascension, was also […]
