By Meegan Scott Blacks are headed towards a more persistent state of social and economic decline, if not the collapse of black communities. This is the story presented in all the major reports on economic wellbeing and the racial wealth gap— that I have read. Predictions of our future as a cataclysm is highly probable. […]
This week’s question: At recent events in Toronto to celebrate Black History Month, various speakers complained that not only were African Canadian children overrepresented in Ontario’s child welfare system but that African Canadians who come in contact with the system are treated differently than their White counterparts. How do you feel about these claims? […]
Toronto Mayor John Tory has called for action to deal with disproportionately higher rates of incarceration, unemployment and child protection cases in the Black community. He issued the call at the weekend at the launch of ” community conversations,” an initiative aimed at fighting anti-black racism. The launch took place at Ujima House, Canada’s first […]
Pride Toronto voted at its annual general meeting on Tuesday in favour of the full list of demands made by Black Lives Matter (BLM) Toronto last summer after a sit-in at its parade. One of the controversial demands was the banning of Toronto Police from marching and participating in the Pride parade and other Pride-related […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The government of Jamaica has turned down the United Kingdom’s offer to assist in the building of a new maximum-security prison in the island. This was disclosed in the Senate on Friday by minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith. “This administration does not believe that the terms […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia — The opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) has announced it will review every economic citizenship granted by the ruling United Workers Party (UWP) under new citizenship by investment programme (CIP) rules recently promulgated by Prime Minister Allen Chastanet. The SLP expressed its “deepest concern” with the actions of the Chastanet administration, […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — A police investigation has begun in Trinidad and Tobago into the controversial housing allowance paid to President Anthony Carmona, who assumed office on March 18, 2013. However, according to acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams, this is not yet a criminal investigation, the Trinidad Guardian reported. The investigation into the matter […]
Trinidad-born economist Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran last week received the Prevasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) from Indian President Pranab Mukherjee for outstanding public service in the practice of development and diplomacy. Dookeran who served in the former Trinidad and Tobago government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as foreign minister and finance minister and is a […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Minister of National Security, Robert Montague, says there are sufficiently qualified candidates in Jamaica to fill the post of Commissioner of Police. The Minister, who was addressing members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) at the Half Moon Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James, last […]
HAVANA — Cuba announced a landmark deal on Thursday to sell charcoal to a US company, the first legal Cuban export to the United States in five decades, as part of the fragile rapprochement between the former Cold War foes. The sale of 40 tonnes of charcoal derived from the woody plant marabu comes at […]
