KINGSTON, Jamaica – Ken Boothe is singing a song familiar to many of his contemporaries: that his new songs are being overlooked by disc jockeys in Jamaica. The singer’s latest album, Journey, was recorded and produced at his Kingston home studio. It features the title track and New World Order. “Jamaicans need to get more […]
ATLANTA, Georgia – Since August, when the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana signalled a new era in U.S.-Cuba relations, the communist Caribbean country has featured prominently in travel circles, earning kudos for various aspects of its tourism plant and securing record bookings. Now, the island famous for its cigars, historic buildings, and vintage […]
MONTREAL – The atrium named after Habs star P.K. Subban was packed with people earlier this week waiting their turn to meet him and get a #76 Winter Classic Canadiens jersey signed. Attendees purchased the jerseys online before the event for $240, with all proceeds going directly to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Over 2,500 […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former FIFA vice-president Austin ‘Jack’ Warner filed an appeal challenging an extradition order issued by the U.S., saying it goes against local extradition laws. Warner, 72, expressed concern about his finances and the cost of the entire process. “I am concerned that the amount of money it will take to […]
LOS ANGELES, California – Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna, long considered one of the hardest working artists in the business, added another string to her bow with the opening of two new agencies: a beauty and stylist agency called Fr8me, and the photo agency A Dog Ate My Homework. Taking her love of fashion, hair and […]
Three Black singers, two of Caribbean heritage and the other a Scarborough native of Ethiopian ancestry, were among this year’s American Music Awards winners last Sunday at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. Barbados native Robyn Rihanna Fenty received the award for Favourite Female Artist – Soul / R&B. She tweeted “Congrats & thank you […]
The Caribbean community joined members of other nations at Yonge-Dundas Square last Saturday to welcome Canada’s leadership on the Syrian refugee crisis with a collective “We Welcome Refugees!” One event organizer, Fahad Al, concurred with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that “We have a responsibility to significantly expand our refugee targets and give more victims of […]
As Trinidad and Tobago’s Ken Jeffers took his seat on the Toronto Police Services Board (TPSB), many such boards are seeking explicit power to enforce new carding rules – clarity as to what the boards can do. Jeffers, appointed to the board by the provincial government for a two-year term, told The Camera he appreciates […]
The Caribbean is ripe for investment opportunities, a sentiment solidly expressed by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) in its first investment guide launched recently in Puerto Rico at a conference. Both the editor of the Caribbean Tourism and Hospitality Investment Guide and the CTO secretary general lauded […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Barbadian saxophonist Arturo Tappin isto headline Night of Horns, scheduled for the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston next Monday (Nov. 30). Hosted by the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI), the gala cocktail and cabaret event will assist in financing the expansion of the WLI’s program aimed at reducing / eliminating child sexual abuse. […]
