In this final issue for the year I wish to thank readers of the Caribbean Camera for their continued support and wish you all a Happy Christmas and a healthy, successful and prosperous New Year. I also want to thank you for your comments on the articles I have authored and hope you continue to […]
The North American Caribbean Community is mourning the loss of a business giant, Lowell Hawthorne, who killed himself in one of his New York establishments on last week Saturday. The 57-year-old Hawthorne, who started the successful patty empire Golden Krust in 1989, with one storefront store in the Bronx, New York, was reportedly caught on […]
NEW YORK – United States Congressman Eliot Engel said here Saturday that Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean could see a 28 per cent decline in assistance under the US Agency for International Development (USAID) programme, if what he describes as a “draconian and short-sighted 33 per cent cut” in his country’s international affairs […]
NEW YORK – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness was presented with the Distinguished Leadership Award by the New York-based Jamaica Independence Foundation on Saturday. Also honoured by the Foundation were former Prime Minister, Edward Seaga, who received the Nation Builder Award and Jamaican-born basketball legend, Patrick Ewing, who was given the Son of the Soil […]
By Carlton Joseph On Monday, mainstream media applauded the president for his hostage news conference at which he read from a teleprompter. The media claimed he was “presidential” and ranted and raved at how well he delivered his speech. I was flabbergasted. Why are these supposedly intelligent broadcasters so gullible? This is third-rate acting at […]
Following an outbreak of violence on the weekend at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that left one woman dead, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding Canadians that Canada is not immune to racist violence. In a tweet Sunday afternoon, Trudeau condemned the violence in Charlottesville and offered Canada’s support. “We know Canada isn’t […]
Mofaba Baker, program director of the African Canadian Legal clinic in Toronto, told the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva on Monday that Anti-Black racism is “alive and well” in all spheres of Canadian society. In his submission to CERD, Baker said that ” while Canada is often hailed […]
Can it happen here in Canada? That was the question on the lips of many in the Caribbean community as we watched in horror the scenes of racist violence on the television last weekend. The violence had flared up at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia when neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and other white nationalists […]
By Carlton Joseph The Canadian province of Quebec has become an entry point for as many as 250 migrants a day. Most of those crossing into Canada in recent days are Haitians who have been living in the United States for years. They are reacting to the Trump administration’s announcement that it is pulling the […]
At press time, Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz were getting ready for battle in their match against the United States in the final of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Tournament at the Levi’s Stadium in San Jose, California. The game marks the second consecutive appearance in the final for the Reggae Boyz, after they surprised the United […]
