George Brown College in Toronto has become the first Canadian partner of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), based at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. In making this announcement last Friday at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Centre and George Brown College, Dr. Gervan Fearon, […]
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus surprised Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley with an award for leadership, and she said it was thanks to her team. The Director-General told Mottley that the WHO and the world, “we have seen your leadership” and he stressed that her voice is very impactful. “Your voice is […]
By Styephen Weir You Tube got it right. Only hours after Sunday night’s Oscars Award Ceremony ended the short message and video issued about Will Smith and Chris Rock’s Brouhaha was tagged as The Slap Heard Around World and it had done just that. Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars […]
Toronto Revellers Band Leader and Raptors Assistant Coach, Jamaal Magloire will be hosting its 2022 costume reveal fashion show at 9:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Edwards Gardens. “After more than two years of being isolated, locked down and at home due to the pandemic, it’s time to explore the world […]
By Brenda Alexander John “Jayson” Perez, calypsonian extraordinaire, passed away on March 29, 2022, after suffering a heart attack on March 22. Jayson was best known for his song “Drunken Sailor” and for his performance to that calypso, in which he often invited the audience to join him and to do their best drunken […]
REVENGE OF THE BLACK BEST FRIEND, a brand new CBC Gem original comedy series from award-winning playwright, host, producer, and CBC personality Amanda Parris, puts a spotlight – and surreal twist – on the familiar tropes, stereotypes and typecasting that’s been forced on Black actors. The entire six-part series debuts on the free CBC […]
Toronto residents with ties to the Caribbean say they sympathize with protests against the British monarchy in Jamaica as a controversial royal tour continues there this week. Prince William and Kate Middleton were in Jamaica for two days as part of a Central American and Caribbean tour. Protesters gathered before their arrival. One hundred individuals […]
Josh Da Silva maiden test century and Kyle Mayers 5 for 18 star The stadium DJ was playing London Bridge is Falling Down as the last rites of England’s Caribbean humiliation were being administered by West Indies’ openers, Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell. 4.5 overs were all they needed to pick off the 28 runs […]
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last Saturday announced the removal of most of the restrictions that were implemented due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaking during a news conference, Rowley said the restrictions to be lifted include the removal of the Safe Zone system as of April 4 and a change in the requirement of […]
Francia Márquez Mina, a Black woman activist from the predominantly Black and forgotten region of the Pacific coast, is Colombia’s First Black Vice Presidential Candidate. “I did not get this far to occupy a political position. I am worried that this country won’t change, that peace won’t get to the territories, that boys and girls, […]