The training shoes used by the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt at the 2013 World Championship Games in Moscow, will be auctioned in New York City, June 6. The shoes, which were handcrafted by Puma, will start at a bid set at US$18,000 at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Education Foundation auction. With a bounce […]
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad– Trinidad and Tobago police have launched an investigation into the presence of placards bearing racial slogans during a demonstration organised by the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM). Acting Superintendent Joanne Archie said that a senior officer had been appointed as the lead investigator into the matter. Last week, Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley, […]
Come April 29, ‘ Moving Forward like a Crab’ will be available in bookstores. This Doubleday Canada, 336 pages, was penned by filmmaker and visual artist Shani Mootoo, one of Canada’s boldest and most respected writers. Mootoo, who was born in Trinidad grew up there and Ireland is the author of the novels Cerus Blooms […]
OSCAR! With a Caribbean touch. “Everyone deserves not just to survive but to live. This is the most important legacy of Solomon Northup. I dedicate this award to all the people who have endured slavery and 21 million people who still suffer slavery today,” Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave, winner of the […]
Paramaribo – Defence ministers of South American states have spoken out against intervention in Venezuela. The ministers said at the close of the annual Defence Council meeting of the Union of South American States Unasur in Suriname that the “social and political unrest” in Venezuela should be viewed as an internal matter. “Venezuela is a […]
The Trinidad & Tobago Government is preparing a contingency plan involving Caribbean Airlines to evacuate any T&T nationals and staff of the country’s Caracas Embassy out of strife-torn Venezuela if the situation there deteriorates further, according to acting Foreign Affairs Minister Roodal Moonilal. Clashes have been taking place since February 12 between students and state […]
Museveni says homosexuals are “mercenaries” and “prostitutes” as he signs law setting harsh penalties for gay practices Uganda’s president has signed a controversial anti-gay bill that allows harsh penalties for “homosexual offences”, calling them “mercenaries” and “prostitutes”. Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed the bill, which holds that homosexuals be jailed for long terms, outlaws the […]
Two University of Toronto (U of T) graduates from the Caribbean have been named 2014 Rhodes Scholars to pursue studies at Oxford University next year. Aliyyah Ahad and Chloe Walker attended the U of T’s Innis College are from Bermuda and Barbados respectively. The Rhodes Scholarships are among the world’s most prestigious postgraduate awards, with […]
ENTERTAINER VYBZ Kartel came under attack, but it was not in court or in the jail cell where he has been spending time for the last 30 months. Pastor of New Haven Seventh-day Adventist Church, Holland Thompson, ripped into dancehall music and names associated with entertainers that he said incited violence and criminality. Delivering the […]
ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica has denied entry to the controversial Jamaican dancehall artiste, Tommy Lee Sparta, who was due to perform at a show on Sunday night amidst protest by some religious groups. Sparta, who uses the stage name “Uncle Demon,” is due to headline a concert in Portsmouth, north of Roseau. Media reports noted […]
