If occasional crises – hurricanes, revolutions and most recently, Haiti’s devastating earthquake – have crumpled this picture postcard view, the Caribbean remains a region largely devoted to the good life. First, some geography. The islands are divided into three broad groups. To the west are the Greater Antilles: mainly independent countries including Cuba, Jamaica and […]
Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon Dear Mr. Minister An appeal on behalf of ‘ out of status’ Bahamians Dear Minister Hussen, As Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, you have implemented several programs that have positively affected many immigrants in Canada. The recent pilot program which lifted the ban on sponsors who did not declare […]
By Lincoln DePradine As Canadians prepare to vote in federal elections on October 21, citizens of Caribbean heritage have been urged to make climate change an issue to raise with the politicians seeking office to the House of Commons in Ottawa. Powerful hurricanes such as Dorian that hit The Bahamas this month, Maria that flattened […]
A Barrie man is raising money to help those affected by hurricane Dorian. Beatrice Vaisman reports. The catastrophic devastation left in the wake of hurricane Dorian has hit close to home for a Barrie man. Chris Ashton has strong ties to the country that he calls his second home. “My parents have a place in […]
Hurricanes like Dorian and Maria may be disastrous for humans and their property, but some fish have actually evolved to thrive in severe weather. A team of scientists studied how extreme weather events affect river fish in Puerto Rico. The island is ideal for examining the environmental and human impacts on freshwater fish because Puerto […]
Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. Puerto Rico was ceded to the U.S. by Spain in 1898, and the Island has belonged to the United States ever since. In 1917, Puerto Ricans became U.S. citizens, and everyone born in Puerto Rico is a citizen of the United States. But Puerto Rico is […]
Bahamas – The Ministry of Health Bahamas and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) are reassuring the public that none of the islands in the Caribbean country is under quarantine. In a statement the ministry and PAHO said while floods can potentially increase the transmission of water-borne and communicable diseases, there is no cholera in […]
Bahamians attempting to flee the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian have been kicked off a boat headed to the US. People from the Caribbean nation are normally allowed into the US without a visa as long as they fly there, have a passport and hold a clean police record. This rule was extended to also […]
At least 23 of Sidney Poitier’s extended family are feared missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. The actor-director’s nephew Jeffrey Poitier (66) said his sister Barbara and his adult children were among relatives they were awaiting news from in Freeport, Bahamas. The family is one of hundreds scrambling to locate their loved ones a […]
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has confirmed at least five deaths in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas in what he described as a “historic tragedy”. The dead include an eight-year-old boy who drowned as his family tried to relocate from their home in Abaco, as Hurricane Dorian passed over the […]
