CARIFORUM-UK EPA offers news opportunities By David Jessop A few days ago, the British government published the text of the CARIFORUM-UK Economic Partnership Agreement (UK EPA) that will govern trade in goods and services with the Caribbean, assuming Britain leaves the European Union sometime later this year. The agreement has the effect of replicating the intent […]
Editorial Taking care of his own From whom was Premier Doug Ford taking advice when he decided to slash the budget of Legal Aid Ontario by 30 per cent and eliminate funding for refugee and immigration law services? Was it former Ontario Premier Mike Harris? We ask these questions because this backward, wrong-headed idea by […]
On March 12 last, Aaron Weinman of Reuters reported that Trinidad Petroleum Holdings (TPH) was in advanced debt restructuring talks with banks and had secured new loans of up to US$1.4bn based on oil reserves to ease an upcoming US$850m with a 9.75 per cent coupon rate to mature in August 2019. One potential investor […]
Immigration Matter Sukhram Ramkissoon Joanne gets a second chance For many, the road to permanent residence in Canada can be rough with many bumps along the way.Sometimes the traveller may encounter an unexpected detour. But in many cases, perserverance pays off. Such was the case of Joanne (not real name), a 32 year old woman […]
A new study by University of Guelph researchers explains why and points to ways to prevent and treat both heart and brain maladies through the emerging field of circadian medicine. Published recently in Nature’s Scientific Reports, the study is the first to reveal how cognition and mood in mice are regulated by the body clock […]
In almost every country in the Caribbean, tourism has been transformative. As an economic driver, it has largely outpaced other sectors to the extent that in much of the region the industry now generates the largest national share of GDP, delivers significant taxes and foreign exchange, and performs a critical social role as the largest […]
A cold wind starts to blow By David Jessop New winds are blowing through the Caribbean. Some may welcome what they bring; others may not. Four events in the last fourteen days illustrate how the region is being captured, probably irretrievably, by a new if so far ill-defined cold war that involves the US, China, […]
Editorial Reclaiming the festival Some people describe The Caribbean Camera as the “Carnival paper.” Of course, we do publish more news about the Toronto Caribbean carnival than any other paper in Canada’s largest city. And for us, Caribana is never a forgotten word. But while we present our readers with a wide range of stories […]
Editorial Remember Grenada Many of our readers will remember the invasion of Grenada by the United States back in 1983. Some preferred to call it an “intervention.” But invasion it was. Grenada, the spice island in the Eastern Caribbean, became the focus of world attention when leftist Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several persons loyal […]
By David Jessop From Iraq, through Libya to Syria, the approach to regime change by the US and its allies has been to support the removal of a disliked government with little serious thought as to the broader consequences. Absent in these and other lower intensity conflicts has been any informed long-term thinking or planning […]
