NEW YORK – United States President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly taken the first step toward confirming one of the worst fears of undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants who have taken advantage of a programme that grants them temporary stay in the US. According to New York’s Vice News, a US Department of Homeland Security memo […]
By David Jessop On December 13 last, the US Congress sent to President Obama The United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016 for signature into law. This extraordinarily important development comes just as a new US Administration is about to take office. Uniquely it offers the Caribbean, unlike any other part of the world, a […]
Few in Toronto’s Caribbean community may be aware of the three African-American woman whose work on “Project Mercury” made it possible for the United States to catch up in the space race by launching the first American, Alan Shepard, into space and sending John Glenn into orbit around the earth. Now the inspiring story about […]
By Carlton Joseph The New Year is here and many of us resolve to improve our organizations, our community and ourselves. This is normal behavior for all thinking people and organizations. This year I would like us to step outside of our personal resolutions and focus our energies on evaluating an organization that was established […]
By Carlton Joseph Donald Trump has named some of his cabinet members and people are in shock. They somehow believed that they could elect a billionaire businessman to be President of the United States and expect that he would choose “regular politicians” to make up his cabinet. He is a businessman and associates with businessmen […]
A high-profile political commentator and former White House policy adviser has warned that the same class tensions and divisive forces that swept Donald Trump to power could easily take root in Canada, adding it would be “irresponsible” to pretend otherwise. Van Jones, a CNN political contributor, said the “hate wave” that has stirred vigilante behaviour and […]
Do you believe that the recommendations of the Independent Police Oversight Review will lead to positive change with respect to transparency and accountability by police officers in Ontario? Ken Singh Legal Practitioner I do. We cannot have police investigating police. We need accountability and transparency. Just look at CARIBANA. We need change. Change is good. […]
By Carlton Joseph The United States election is over and Donald Trump will be the next US President. Although the Presidential debates did not illuminate the issues, the election has brought the tensions in the nation to the forefront. Trump’s coded call for law and order, Islamophobia, and white nationalism and to build the wall […]
Jay Brijpaul Real Estate Broker Trump has used all the elements of being successful- Number One. He had a burning desire to become president of the United States-Two .He had a goal the goal to become president -Three. He was very determined to become president-Four. He visualized becoming president to the point that he could […]
By Gerald V. Paul What started out in restaurants and homes in Toronto’s Caribbean community on Tuesday evening as a celebration in anticipation of Hilary Clinton’s victory in the US presidential election, soon turned out into a big disappointment as the results of the polls on television started to show that Donald Trump was “on […]
