By Lincoln DePradine A 16-year-old is the latest recipient of a bursary from the Archie Alleyne Scholarship Fund (AASF), which will help his pursuit of an already budding music career. William Leathers, whose favorite instrument is the piano, said he listens to various genres of music including classical, jazz, pop and reggae. “But the music […]
Kenneth Jeffers, the lone Black member of the Toronto Police Service Board and longtime community proactivist, is calling on Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to establish a civilian oversight Board of the Human Rights Commission with a standing sub-committee to address anti-Black racism issues. In a letter to Premier Wynn following a meeting last Thursday of […]
NEW YORK CITY, New York –Canada, at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)/UN High-Level Pledging Conference in New York on Monday, pledged C$100 million to support reconstruction and climate resilience efforts in the Caribbean region over the next five years. The announcement was made by Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development. The Caribbean […]
The Hilton Toronto on 145 Richmond Street West, opened its doors to Toronto youths last Saturday, for the inaugural Jobs of the Future Youth Summit. The event was put on by the government of Ontario, in conjunction with the Jr Economic Club. It was an all-day affair, commencing at 8:30 am and culminating at 4:00 […]
Anthony Joseph, Publisher-Editor of The Caribbean Camera has stressed the need for entrepreneurs in Caribbean Community to increase their presence among the ranks of strong Canadian companies. Joseph also spoke of the need for the community to participate in and support events such as Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) with same enthusiasm as they do at […]
NEW YORK, The United States of America – The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), has presented a debt for climate adaptation swaps proposal for Caribbean countries ravaged by hurricanes during this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Director of ECLAC’s Economic Development Division, Daniel Titelman presented details of the proposal on Monday […]
David Estwick, the Barbados Minister of Agriculture and Water Resource Management, has announced plans to modernize the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) infrastructure, starting with the rebuilding of the sewage system. Estwick noted the level of development on the South Coast has increased drastically since the Sewage Plant was first put into use back in the […]
BELMOPAN, Belize – An investigation has been launched in Belize into the crash of a plane on which Acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber and Minister of Agriculture Godwin Hulse were passengers. The Tropic Air single-engine propeller plane went down last Friday morning but Faber, who was acting while Prime Minister Dean Barrow was out of the […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – More than 30 species of fish, plants and other creatures that may have been undiscovered until recently, have been found in Guyana’s Kaieteur National Park. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) made the disclosure last week as it launched its Kaieteur-Upper Potaro Biodiversity Assessment Survey Report, following the second in a series of three […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Veteran entertainer, Desmond Ballentine, more popularly known as Ninjaman, was convicted of murder and shooting with intent by a seven-member jury in Jamaica’s Home Circuit Court on Monday. The prosecution, led by Kathy Pike and Nicholas Edmonds, successfully made submission to the jury and Justice Martin Gayle, that Ballentine, his son Janiel […]
