By Michael G-A. Lashley It was with great anxiety that I read the turbulent history of labour and employment trends so vividly analyzed by Dr. Gervan Fearon a few weeks ago in his commentary in the Caribbean Camera headlined “The nature – and future – of work and communities.” Dr. Fearon is a renowned labour […]
What have Ontarians gained from the first public match-up featuring the province’s three political musketeers? There was no fire and brimstone. There were few, if any, developments that caused a significant shift in voters’ opinions. But the Ontario Provincial Leaders debate had a respectful and courteous tone that contrasted sharply with the viciousness and personal […]
By Carlton Joseph As North Korea and the United States prepare for the first meeting to discuss the potential of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, I believe that all nations should be concerned about the outcome. If talks go forward, they would be the highest-level meetings between the two countries. President Carter’s meeting with deceased […]
By Gervan Fearon The nature of work has always been affected by technological changes; it is important to understand the past if we are to understand the future. Some 9,000 years ago, agriculture was the new technology revolution, replacing many hunting and gathering societies. The rise of city states and empires in places like Egypt […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER That ‘overall newspaper environment ‘ Dear Readers, You may have read the news. After publishing for 40 years, Share newspaper will no longer be coming out every week. In a notice to its readers last week, the paper announced that as of May 1, Share will be published every other week. […]
By Gerard Johnson Trinidad and Tobago was rated the happiest country in the Caribbean. The twin-island republic ranked 38th among 156 countries surveyed for the 2018 World Happiness Report, released last week by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Countries were ranked based on six variables: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity. […]
By Heather Aspinall Bed bugs are bloodsucking parasites that do not discriminate. They have been found in a wide range of places where people sleep – from five-star hotels, resorts and cruise ships, to dormitories, hospitals, homeless shelters and private homes, to buses, airplanes and overnight trains. And they are no longer a problem […]
Thanks to the biases of the Western international media, most members of Canada’s Black community missed an opportunity to spike their “celebration” of Black History Month with a dose of spectacular farce. The source of that unwelcome idiocy was an unenlightened official of the British Treasury who caused the following weekly “surprising #FridayFact” to be […]
Film director Sharon Lewis recalls the day when she first saw the novel, Brown Girl in the Ring, at her favourite bookstore in Los Angeles. ‘From the moment I read the first page, I knew then that I had to bring this bold and unique story of a young black teenage heroine growing up […]
Oxfam formally apologized to Haiti on Monday over the prostitution scandal rocking the aid charity, expressing its “shame” and vowing to do better as it handed over a damning internal report into the allegations. Made public earlier in the day, Oxfam’s 2011 report into the behavior of aid workers sent to Haiti following a devastating […]
