Usain Bolt goes into dental labs business

Usain Bolt goes into dental labs business

The world’s fastest man, Jamaica’s most famous Olympian Usain St. Leo Bolt, is building his empire – moving from sports to music and now to dental labs. Bolt and the Bolt Foundation will work with the SprintRay Foundation to set up olt Labs Powered by SprintRay in Jamaica. The initiative, according to a company statement, […]

Philosopher Charles W. Mills, who cut his academic teeth in Canada, dies at 70

Philosopher Charles W. Mills, who cut his academic teeth in Canada, dies at 70

A London native of Jamaican parentage who grew up in Jamaica Charles W. Mills, a social and political philosopher who sought to rethink Western liberalism, arguing that white supremacy undergirded the modern world and that philosophy had ignored fundamental issues of race and justice, died Sept. 20 at a care center in Evanston, Ill. He […]

Andrew Wiggins relents and takes the COVID-19 vaccine

Andrew Wiggins relents and takes the COVID-19 vaccine

Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins has received his COVID-19 vaccine and will be eligible to play in all games. The Warriors said coach Steve Kerr made the announcement to reporters last Sunday after practice before the team traveled to Portland to play its first pre-season game. Wiggins faced the possibility of not being allowed […]

Champeon sings fresh Soca for the ‘Girls’

Champeon sings fresh Soca for the ‘Girls’

With the plethora of in-person events and the return of physical Carnival celebrations throughout the diaspora, all-round entertainer and artiste Champeon has brought forward a fresh Soca song that is dedicated to the ladies. The new release is aptly titled “Girls”. “Girls” is described as a dance-party Soca track that shines the spotlight on the […]

World leaders to visit Guyana

World leaders to visit Guyana

In the coming weeks and months, there will be high-level visits from Kenya, Colombia, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Latin America, the Caribbean, EU and Asia, revealed president Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana on the heels of UN General Assembly (UNGA76). Prior to New York, president Ali was in Mexico for the Community of Latin American […]

Caribbean allies support Taiwan at United Nations General Assembly General – UNGA 76

Caribbean allies support Taiwan at United Nations General Assembly General – UNGA 76

Delivering his inaugural statement via a virtual set to the United Nations General Assembly General (UNGA76) last Saturday, prime minister of Saint Lucia, Philip J Pierre, said: “We continue to plead the case to advance their cause to be accepted as a legitimate participant in the global decision-making process.” Saint Lucia, alongside member states of […]

Trinidad not happy with Nicki Minaj vaccine tweet

Trinidad not happy with Nicki Minaj vaccine tweet

Rapper Nicki Minaj has been criticised by Trinidad and Tobago’s health minister over a tweet in which she said her cousin’s friend in the country had been made impotent by a Covid vaccine. Terrence Dyalsingh said last Wednesday that the “false” post had wasted his department’s time. The tweet also claimed the friend had swollen […]

US can’t wait to get rid of Haitian migrants

US can’t wait to get rid of Haitian migrants

After robbing them of billions of dollars for daring to free themselves from slavery The United States has started flying migrants out of a Texas border town that has seen an influx of mostly Haitian migrants over the past week. Three flights landed at Haiti’s Port-au-Prince airport on Sunday, each carrying 145 people. About 13,000 […]

Unprecedented displacement people in Central America and Mexico

Unprecedented displacement people in Central America and Mexico

According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Central America and Mexico are facing “unprecedented pressure” as the number of people seeking international protection rises and access to asylum and territory is being limited through troubling new border restrictions. Wrapping up a two-week mission to Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner […]