On Sunday August 25th 2019, Zoomers Association of Trinidad and Tobago in Canada (ZATTIC) celebrated 10 years of bringing Trinbagonians together! Through social and cultural integration, civic consciousness through awareness and participation ZATTIC hopes to foster unity. The Association welcomes Trinbagonias, their spouses and descendents, and extends its welcome to people of Caribbean background, and […]
By Stephen Weir Canadian Business and Maclean’s Magazine have just issued their 31st annual Growth 500 rankings. This is the industry bible of Canada’s fastest-growing companies. Caribbean Canadian Matrix Mortgage Global, the reigning two-time Brokerage of the Year (2018 & 2019) was ranked for a second consecutive year with 5-year revenue growth from 2013 to 2018 of 513% landing […]
By Lincoln DePradine. The late Dr Louise Bennett-Coverley, the internationally renowned Jamaican folklorist and poet, who also held Canadian citizenship, ought to be regarded as more than an icon, according to Jamaican-born poet and novelist Olive Senior. She made the argument at an event last Tuesday at Founders College, York University. The panel discussion, titled […]
Port of Spain, Trinidad – Disciplinary action is being taken against a female teacher of the Tranquillity Government Primary School, heard in a viral voice recording berating and threatening her students. In the interim, the teacher has been pulled from classes and the school’s principal has made arrangements for her to operate from the staff […]
The Organisation of American States (OAS) says the 8th Inter American Meeting of Ministers of Culture and Highest Appropriate Authorities will be held this week in Bridgetown, Barbados. The OAS said the meeting will be held under the slogan: “Strengthening the Creative Economy and Culture Sector: Repositioning the Culture Sector to Secure Sustainable Development.” “The […]
In a “world of real politics” The Bahamas must take note of its position in the middle of an ongoing war between the two largest economies in the world, according to a former minister of foreign affairs. Fred Mitchell, who served under the last Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) administration, said while the United States has […]
GEORGETOWN – President David Granger has assured Guyana that the date for a general election will be revealed at the right time. Granger said it would be reckless for him to name a date for elections without the advice of the Elections Commission with regard to its readiness. The President said the Elections Commission must […]
By Stephen Weir in St Lucia There wasn’t a dry eye at a very special St Lucia wedding held last Thursday. A well-known scuba diving Canadian travel agent Julie Gilchrist and her beau Sean Gillian decided to get hitched underwater and in doing so set a record for the Caribbean! This past weekend the third […]
KINGSTON – The Ministry of Tourism is reporting an increase in arrivals from Russia. According to Senior Advisor and Strategist, Delano Seiveright, just under 3 000 Russian tourists visited the island between January and the end of June compared to roughly 630 for the same period in 2018. “Much of this is attributable to new, […]
Three people were killed and 11 were detained last Saturday night when a makeshift boat capsized in the Caribbean, authorities said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the Caribbean bureau said the makeshift vessel, called a “yola,” went under Saturday night with “approximately” 38 undocumented immigrants on board, according to a statement. Three drowned […]
