Maduro should provide clear evidence of the attempted invasion By W. Andy Knight Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s recent claim that a group of armed paramilitary terrorists was intercepted by the Bolivarian National Guard while attempting to invade Venezuela via Trinidad and Tobago raises several concerns and unanswered questions. According to Maduro, the potential insurgents, mostly […]
Call for military support in Guyana-Venezuela dispute As tensions continue to simmer over the decades-old border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, a leading regional academic is urging Guyanese authorities to consider the presence of an international military mission as a precautionary measure. Dr. Mark Kirton, Director of the Centre for International and Border Studies and […]
In an era when political division often seems to dominate headlines, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent meeting with Canada’s premiers in Saskatoon was a refreshing and promising sign that nation-building is back on the federal agenda. From Ontario to Alberta, New Brunswick to Saskatchewan, the tone emerging from the First Ministers’ Meeting was strikingly positive. […]
By Anthony Joseph By all accounts, Elon Musk’s short but thunderous stint as a special government employee has left America reeling, and the world mourning. As Musk walks away from Washington after barely 130 days of chaotic governance via his so-called “DOGE team,” what he leaves behind is not innovation, but incalculable harm: gutted federal […]
By Anthony Joseph In a moment that will be etched in the memory of Canadians, King Charles III delivered a historic Speech from the Throne on Tuesday inside Canada’s red chamber, becoming the first monarch to do so since 1977. The symbolic weight of the occasion was not lost on those in attendance nor on […]
Toronto renames Centennial Park Stadium to Rob Ford Stadium Mayor Olivia Chow, the Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, members of the Ford family, other elected officials and local community members, were in attendance to officially rename Centennial Park Stadium in Etobicoke as the Rob Ford Stadium. The City of Toronto held a renaming ceremony […]
By Lincoln DePradine Local government politician Jamaal Myers has explained his reasons for not supporting a Toronto by-law, passed last week, that restricts protests around some places in the city. The so-called “bubble zone” by-law, which will go into effect on July 2, allows schools, childcare centres and places of worship to request the city […]
Guest editorial Guyana stands firm against Venezuela’s territorial ambitions By Ronald Austin If the guiding hand of History had acted differently and set the borders between Guyana and Venezuela in any other area than the Essequibo, the chances are the former would not have been burdened from the very moment of its independence with a […]
CARICOM now needs to strengthen and deepen neighbourhood relations -Tewarie Dr. Bhoendrath Tewarie, Pro Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development at the University of the West Indies, has called on Caribbean nations to assert their collective will in the face of intensifying global power struggles. He was delivering the keynote address at the opening of […]
By Kojo In a landmark speech to Parliament during his first official visit to Canada as Sovereign, King Charles III called on Canadians to embrace unity, reconciliation, and transformation in the face of global uncertainty and domestic challenges. Standing before the Senate and House of Commons in Ottawa, King Charles opened his remarks by acknowledging […]
