FBI Offers Reward for Jamaican-Born Fraud Suspect Authorities in the United States have placed a Jamaican-born woman on its list of top fugitives, linking her to an alleged large scale fraud operation targeting pandemic relief funds set up during the COVID-19 crisis. Elaine Angene Escoe, also known as “Annie” and “Annie Palmer,” is the subject […]
Cuba Accuses US of Economic Strangulation International tensions over Cuba’s energy sector escalated this week after Washington imposed fresh sanctions targeting the island’s state oil industry, prompting sharp accusations from Havana that the measures are intended to cripple its ability to secure fuel from domestic resources. Cuba’s Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Sergio Martínez, said […]
UN seat ‘strengthens our nation’s voice and influence’: T&T PM Trinidad and Tobago’s seat on the United Nations Security Council has been presented by the government as an opportunity to elevate the country’s international role, with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar pledging a focus on the women, peace and security agenda. Addressing Parliament on Friday, she […]
Young Canadians Shock USA for Basketball Gold Canada’s rising basketball stars have delivered one of the biggest victories in the country’s basketball history, defeating the United States 67-65 to capture the nation’s first-ever gold medal at the FIBA U18 Men’s AmeriCup in León, Mexico. The victory ended the Americans’ dominance of the tournament and marked […]
UN Vote Gives Trinidad Global Voice Trinidad and Tobago has secured a seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2027 to 2028 term after winning 181 votes in elections held at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. As the sole candidate representing the Latin American and Caribbean Group, the country comfortably surpassed […]
By Anthony Joseph Canada is facing a question many of us never imagined we would have to ask. It is not a question about politics, climate policy, or even economics. It is a question about survival What happens when the country beside you — the country that has been your closest ally, largest trading partner […]
News of the passing of Sonny Rollins arrived on Monday through a statement posted on his official website, describing the loss “with deep sorrow and profound love”. His publicist, Terri Hinte, later confirmed the announcement. Rollins, widely known as “the Saxophone Colossus”, died at his home in Woodstock, New York, on Monday afternoon. No cause […]
Congressional Black Caucus Presses Trump on Cuba A growing humanitarian emergency in Cuba has prompted renewed pressure on the Trump administration, with the Congressional Black Caucus calling for the immediate removal of sanctions and the restoration of fuel supplies to the island. In a letter addressed to President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco […]
Juneteenth: freedom celebrated, history contested By Selwyn Gibson Every year on June 19, millions of Americans commemorate Juneteenth, the holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States. The observance traces its origins to June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed enslaved African Americans that they were […]
By Anthony Joseph When Prime Minister Mark Carney stood before the Economic Club of New York recently, he was not simply delivering another polished speech to investors and financiers. He was unveiling what may become the defining economic and geopolitical doctrine of modern Canada. The timing of the speech mattered as much as the content. […]
