By Stephen Weir What Calypsonian King Cosmos lacked in skating finesse, he made up for in his singing and his warm and friendly greeting to the crowd which came out on Saturday to watch “Caribana on Ice” at Mel Lastman Square. Wearing all black, except a colourful feathered headdress with matching wristlets and ankle splashes, […]
By Gerald V. Paul So, Eyesers, are you dreaming of a … white Christmas? Like Really? But allyuh look story, eh, eh. Methinks, more like … “I’ll be home for Christmas – not a dream, but reality. A mother and child are the first to grace Fly Jamaica’s One Team, One Dream, a charming B767-300ER, […]
By Oscar Wailoo Last Sunday evening, the Toronto chapter of the venerable La Petite Musicale of Toronto celebrated its 45th anniversary at its annual Christmas concert. Toronto’s La Petite is the proud offspring of the quintessential Caribbean chorale that was founded in the 1940’s by Olive Walke, musician, composer, folk singer and folklorist, and a […]
By David Jessop In the heart of London, observed daily by tens of thousands of passers-by, is a large picture of Sir Shridath Ramphal, the Caribbean’s elder statesman. As such, it is one of a number depicting the most internationally renowned alumni of Kings College, London. To the best of my knowledge nothing quite like […]
For Caribbean people – especially Trinis – Christmas is not Christmas without the sweet sounds of parang music. So last Sunday, Los Amigos held the first major parang show for the season in Toronto. And Oh, what a Night! Hundreds of parang lovers made their way to Rembrandt Banquet Hall in Scarborough to spree and […]
By Jasminee Sahoye The Hospital for Sick Children through its Global Child Health outreach – SickKids-Caribbean Initiative – has taken modern technology in the form of telemedicine to the Caribbean to assist with paediatric cancers and serious blood disorders cases. The SickKids-Caribbean Initiative, which involves six countries, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, St. […]
By Gerald V. Paul Media strategist Bhaskar Sharma told The Camera he met with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in New York City while she was attending the UN Security Council and praised her position on fighting terrorism, including ISIS. “Trinidad and Tobago became a co-sponsor of a binding resolution compelling countries to […]
Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) officials recently rolled out details of two unique events in Toronto – the Rum and Rhythm Benefit and the Caribbean Investment Day Forum, scheduled for the end of this month. The Rum and Rhythm Benefit will raise funds for two special projects – the CTO Foundation and the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative. The […]
By Gerald V. Paul The arrival of the latest Canadian warship in the Caribbean to continue the successful fight against illicit drugs won praise from the prime minister of Barbados who stressed that the problem of gangs and drugs can’t be won until the region ensures that “young people are gainfully employed and occupied.” “We […]
By Dave Douglas In 2000, Pixie du Coudray, Trinidadian businesswoman, media personality and public relations specialist, worked at Carib Brewery Limited as a promotions co-ordinator when she came up with the idea that created the now famous brand ambassadors, Carib Girls. Her first thought was to use, as she describes in an interview with OMG […]
