PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday is calling for a change of Trinidad and Tobago’s watchwords of ‘Discipline, Production and Tolerance’ and suggested that ‘Tolerance’ be replaced with ‘Appreciation’ or ‘Respect.’ According to Panday, the word ‘tolerance’ reeked of a superiority/ inferiority complex. Panday was speaking at the National Council for […]
Veteran calypsonian Baron (Timothy Watkins),the “sweet soca man” hailing from Trinidad, who was billed as one of the headliners at a Canada Day concert in the Greater Toronto Area did not show up for the event on Saturday – to the great disappointment of his fans. Baron and Jamaican artiste Sanchez, a popular singer whose […]
Close to 100 sailors and soldiers from the Canadian Armed Forces are now in the Caribbean as part of Exercise TRADEWINDS 17, a multinational maritime interdiction, ground security and interagency operation led by the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). A news release from Canada’s Department of National Defence says that with a crew of 40, […]
Two outstanding lawyers from the Caribbean community were among eleven honourees at the annual Law Society Awards ceremony held last week at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. Guyana-born Patrick Case received the Law Society medal and Jamaica-born Thora Espinet was presented with the Lincoln Alexander Award. Case who was called to the Bar in 1988, has […]
The 18th edition of Muhtadi International Drumming Festival (MIDF) will be held at Woodbine Park in Toronto on the weekend. The two-day festival (June 3-4) is multicultural extravaganza that showcases 30 plus performers/groups playing an eclectic array of drums, music and dance from many nations. One of the themes of this year’s festival is “Canada […]
Gopaul Boodan, Mayor of the Borough of Chaguanas in Central Trindad, sees growing opportunities for Trinidad and Tobago nationals in Canada who wish to invest ” back home.” In an interview with the Caribbean Camera on Monday, Mayor Boodan who was on a brief visit to Toronto, said “Chaguanas is open for business and those […]
NEW York-based Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Trinidad and Tobago to what investors call “junk” status. The Moody’s downgrade last week came four days after fellow New York-based Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P) also downgraded the country, replacing its “A-” rating with a “BBB+” rating. T&T’s new rating is “Ba1” from Moody’s, down from […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The Trinidad and Tobago government says the oil giant British Petroleum ( BP) will invest five billion US dollars in the country over the next five years. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said that the assurance was given during talks in the United States between a […]
WASHINGTON – The United States has named Shane Dominic Crawford, a Trinidad and Tobago national, among a group of “Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs)”. The Department of State, in a statement posted on its website, noted that Crawford and other foreigners identified as El Shafee Elsheikh, Anjem Choudary, Sami Bouras and Mark John Taylor are […]
After ” high scoring ” successes as designer and builder at Trinidad Carnival 2017, Toronto veteran masman Marcus Eustace is getting ready to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday and the 50th anniversary of Toronto’s Caribbean carnival. And he is planning to get the celebrations ” on the road in fine style” with his 2017 mas’ presentation […]
