PARANG STARS: Singers Leon Coldero, left, and Kenny J, are pictured on the stage at the JJ Swaggat Banquet Hall in Markham where they headlined the Wild Meat Parang Show last Saturday. The event featured local band Los Amigos and other Toronto performers, and was a thrill for the crowd starved for the traditional Trinidadian Christmas […]
(Courtesy: The Kaieteur News, Guyana) Over the past few months we (The Kaieteur News, Guyana) brought to you a series of articles entitled The Heist of Guyana. This first series forms part of a larger sequence called Connecting the Dots in which we intend to bring to the public’s attention how certain events and decisions are linked to each […]
By Gerald Paul “As part of our government’s focus on jobs, growth and long-term prosperity, it is critical for Canada to attract the best entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world. This new stream will partner Canada’s world class business incubators with immigrant entrepreneurs, driving economic growth and placing Canada ahead of its competitions […]
By Lincoln Depradine Three decades have passed and much of the truth about exactly what happened in Grenada in 1983 – on October 19 and in the period leading up to October 25 – remains fuzzy and riddled in controversy and dispute. It could be reasonably argued that truth, under the circumstances of 1983, may […]
CELEBRATING: Members of the Caricom delegation are pictured with members of the Peru delegation at the announcement in Toronto last Friday that Lima was successful in its bid to host the next Pan Am Games in 2019. The announcement was made to much fanfare at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto, where delegates from […]
OUTSTANDING YOUTH: The 2013 Cotillion Ball was held last Saturday at the Delta Toronto East Hotel where a number of debutantes were presented to the audience. The Cotillion Ball celebrates youth who took part in a youth development program that teaches them, among other things, social graces, public speaking, etiquette, ballroom dancing and Canadian black history. […]
BARBADOS PM VISITS: Barbadian Prime Minister Freundel Stuart was in Toronto last weekend for the annual Errol Barrow dinner, a fundraising event held annually in Toronto for the island’s ruling Democratic Labour Party. Stuart met with the media at the Delta East Hotel after meeting with members of various Barbadian groups in this city, and […]
By Gerald V. Paul A son of the soil from Jamaica, known to refine the art of delivering an address to the jury at trial, is a newly minted Ontario Justice. Donald McLeod was appointed earlier this week, and was named among two new judges who will take up their posts effective October 3. McLeod’s […]
MADAME WOB: Participants in last year’s Madame Wob Dwiyet, a Dominican Cultural Pagent, show off their native costumes before the one-of-a-kind event, which happens again this year on September 29. The Madame Wob event intends to dazzle the multicultural communities of Canada with an array of Dominican talent including a display of cultural heritage, performances of […]
STAR POWER: Famous Indian movie star Tanuja, right, is lending her star power to help a women’s shelter in Guyana. The actress, who happened to be in Toronto at a time when the city is swamped by movie stars, was invited by Janet Naidu (left), an author who organised the event, to lend her name […]
