KINGSTON, Jamaica -The new president of the People’s National Party(PNP) Dr Peter Phillips told supporters on Sunday that the current generation of the organisation will have to fix and eliminate poverty. It is for that reason, Phillips says, he will not apologise for embracing democratic socialism which he insists still has a place in developing 21st-century […]
MIAMI – Two Caribbean leaders will participate in a World Bank conference here today on the socio-economic situation in the Caribbean. The conference, titled “The Caribbean Dilemma,” is part of the Americas Conference Series being put on in collaboration with the Miami Herald newspaper. Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell of Grenada and St Lucia’s Prime […]
By Guilford Joe Thomas A vegan lifestyle is not yet a mainstream alternative, but it is quickly getting there as an increasing number of people look for healthier ways to eat and live. There is also an ever-growing body of conclusive evidence that supports the claim that peak health comes mainly from a diet of […]
What’s in it for you? In the context of the 2017 federal budget recently unveiled by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, most of our citizens and residents will benefit directly or indirectly from a substantial allocation of $11.2 Billion for affordable housing over the next ten years. The most interesting aspect of […]
So you think you know all the countries of the world? Well, where is Vanuatu ? Or the Malvinas? Okay. So you had to scratch your head and think awhile before answering. Well, meet four-year old Isiah McDonald, a geography whiz kid who isn’t stumped for an answer when asked about any country. He can […]
The House of Angostura, a major rum producer in Trinidad and Tobago has been awarded the coveted title of World Class Distillery 2017 at this year’s World Spirits Awards (WSA in Austria, as well as gold medals for five of its rums and for its newest distillation, Amaro di ANGOSTURA®. Only 25 distilleries around the […]
NEW YORK – The United Nations annual World Happiness Report was published on March 20 last (World Happiness Day), but Caribbean people interested in how their country fared were mostly disappointed, with much of the region apparently escaping the attention of the experts who compiled the report. Of those nations to make it on the […]
The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has announced a 16-man squad for the Four Twenty20 Internationals for the upcoming West Indies versus Pakistan series in the Caribbean. The series opens in Barbados, where the first Twenty20 will be played at the Kensington Oval on Sunday. The squad then moves over to […]
This week’s question: Toronto police say that there is an eight per cent increase in the number of reported hate and bias crimes in 2016, compared with 2015, but that arrests have decreased over the same period. Commenting on the report on hate and bias crimes, released last week, Nigel Barriffee, president of the Urban Alliance […]
Toronto police report an eight per cent increase in the number of reported hate and bias crimes in 2016, compared with 2015, though the numbers of arrests have decreased in the same period. There were 145 reported cases of hate and bias crimes in 2016 and eleven arrests. In 2015, […]