By Carlton Joseph Towards the end of last year, China’s growing economic influence in the Caribbean and Africa became a hot topic of discussion. Many people in the Caribbean expressed deep concern that the contracts that their governments were signing with China did not benefit their countries, the debt created could not be repaid and […]
Since the system was implemented, the few emergency alerts that have screamed from our cellphones, usually in the still of the night, have been mostly about missing children. The news often evokes feelings of sadness and the hope that the child is found unharmed. So far it’s always had a happy ending. But last Sunday […]
Immigration Matters: Sukhram Ramkissoon Judge sets aside direction to report for removal As we welcome the new year, let us remind ourselves, dear readers, to act responsibly to avoid serious problems. Permanent residents of Canada should also be reminded to apply for Canadian citizenship, once they become eligible. Although the benefits of Canadian citizenship are […]
Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon Trinidadian woman granted second judicial review of her H&C application Back in October last year, I wrote about the plight of Marion (not her real name) an out-of-status Trinidadian woman. Readers may recall that in her bid to regularize her status, Marion had filed an application seeking permanent residence from […]
A Toronto-based foundation has released a report on the status of the working poor in Canada, focusing on a couple of the major cities, especially Toronto. It should come as no surprise that they found that the working poor is concentrated heavily among racialized communities; and that Black people are among the highest in that […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH Four in five adolescents don’t exercise enough: WHO Four in five adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity, to the detriment of their health, the World Health Organization said last week, warning that girls especially need more exercise. In its first ever report on global trends for adolescent physical activity, the […]
Just after the September 11th destruction of the World Trade Centre buildings in New York, several articles were published announcing the death of irony. But the current “impeachment” show, starring US President Donald Trump, and which is now monopolizing all American media, seem to have forgotten that they had announced the death of languages’ most […]
By David Jessop A long-standing precept of diplomacy has been that nations and their representatives do not intervene directly in the internal politics of other nations. It is an approach based on the long-established principle of state sovereignty and self-determination. This now appears to be coming to an end, driven largely by a US President […]
Kuba Shand-Baptiste We’ve come a long way from the days of telling children that they should be seen and not heard. Once a display of insubordination, in 2019 the audacity of piping up at the dinner table or offering unsolicited opinions is no longer considered a punishable offence for a child. Thankfully, that much-needed […]
Letter To The Editor The ‘Caribbean Heritage Month’ commess Dear Editor, When it comes to commess and bacchanal, no one, it seems, can beat the people from the Caribbean. We are past masters of the art of bacchanal. And we didn’t leave this art behind when we migrated to Canada. Oh No! You might […]
