The Government of Ontario entered 2025 facing mounting economic pressure, driven largely by global instability and the ripple effects of U.S. trade policies. In response, the province unveiled a sweeping set of fiscal, infrastructure, and workforce measures aimed at stabilizing the economy while positioning Ontario for long-term growth. At the centre of the government’s strategy […]
Caribbean Community leaders convened an emergency meeting early Saturday as shockwaves rippled across the region following the United States’ bombing of Venezuelan military installations and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, an action confirmed by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a statement issued after the emergency session, the 15-member Caribbean […]
End of Year Message – CARICOM Secretary‑General: Building a Resilient and United Caribbean Fellow CARICOM citizens, As we approach this festive season, we reflect on the challenges the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has faced during the year that have thrown our vulnerabilities into sharp relief, and more than ever, underscored the purpose and value of a […]
Calls Grow for Accountability After U.S. Lawmakers Demand Probe Into Deadly Caribbean Boat Strikes Members of the U.S. Congress are calling for criminal investigations into a controversial series of American missile strikes targeting boats in Caribbean and eastern Pacific waters, raising urgent questions about legality, accountability, and the value placed on Caribbean lives. Two senior […]
For nearly three decades, Gracelyn Greenidge’s death remained a quiet wound in Toronto, a crime without an answer and a family without closure. On Tuesday, police said that silence has finally been broken, as investigators identified the man responsible for her killing and for two other murders stretching back to the early 1980s. At a […]
Venezuela cuts energy ties with Trinidad over seized oil tanker Venezuela on Monday announced that it has terminated, with “immediate effect,” all existing contracts, agreements and negotiations with Trinidad and Tobago, accusing Port of Spain of complicity in the United States’ seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker last week. In a statement posted on Instagram, […]
T&T introduces United States style ‘stand your ground’ gun law After a weekend that stretched late into the night, lawmakers in Port of Spain cleared legislation that reshapes how citizens may defend themselves at home. Trinidad and Tobago is set to adopt a stand your ground framework once President Christine Kangaloo signs the bill, a […]
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Russian President Vladimir Putin held an “important telephone conversation” on December 11 last, a day after US forces seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry has described the US action as “brazen robbery and an act of international piracy.” The US has been applying […]
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, known in the 1960s as H. Rap Brown, succumbed to cancer in federal prison while serving a life sentence for killing a Georgia police officer and wounding another in 2000. He spent 25 years in jail. Al-Amin once led the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC (pronounced “snick”). He later became the […]
T&T government denies role in visa revocation of US critic The Trinidad and Tobago Government has moved quickly to separate itself from the United States decision to cancel the travel visa of Gary Aboud, the corporate secretary of Fishermen and Friends of the Sea. Aboud said he received formal notice from the US Embassy in […]
