Brazilian football superstar, Ronaldinho Gaucho, has been appointed as one of the new tourist ambassadors of Brazil in far-right Jair Bolsonaro’s government, despite the fact that he is forbidden to travel outside the country by court order since November 2018. The decision was announced last week by the Brazilian Tourism Institute (Embratur) in coordination with […]
New York , USA — The United States (US) Supreme Court is to make a decision in the case of Jamaican-born Lee Boyd Malvo, who at age 17 was sentenced to life without parole for his part in the infamous DC (District of Columbia) sniper case that claimed the lives of 10 people. “Oral argument […]
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 […]
By David Jessop In the last few days new evidence has been published suggesting that scientists are now 99 per cent certain that human activity is causing global warming. As if to validate this, temperatures in parts of Northern Europe spiked in the last week of July at 44.9C (113F), breaking records and confirming changing […]
Two hundred and forty Jamaicans attempted suicide in 2018, but experts are of the view that this number could be higher, as this is an area that is heavily under-reported. According to the Economic and Social Survey, these 240 patients were seen in the accident and emergency units of public hospitals across the island. Listed […]
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 […]
ST JOHN’S – Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin says he will use the next meeting of the Council of Legal Education (CLE) in Jamaica to continue making the case for Antigua and Barbuda to establish a law school. “I shall be making my case to the Council that we need the law school here in […]
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 […]
By Stephen Weir Two important exhibitions about the life and times of Nelson Mandela are set to be on display in Toronto this fall. A free Mandela photo exhibit opens next Wednesday downtown at Brookfield Place and on October 10th, while a full-scale exhibition will open in North Toronto at the Meridian Art Centre (formerly […]
By Stephen Weir The Caribbean community came out in force a week ago Tuesday to a media conference at the Different Booklist Cultural Centre on Bathurst St. Liberal MP Adam Vaughan was there to announce a new Federal Government programme specifically targeted to help Black Canadians. Although few media covered the hastily called press conference, […]
