By Jasminee Sahoye There have been calls from leaders within the community for more representation on the political scene and it appears a number of Brampton residents have listened and thrown their hats into the race in the fall municipal elections. So far, The Camera is aware of eight Bramptonians of Caribbean heritage running for […]
By Gerald V. Paul Then: Caribbean icon Dr. Rex Nettleford told a distinguished gathering of some of the best Black minds at a Policy Conference in Ottawa that he was treated with disrespect and racism at the border on his way to speak at the event. Eyes documented the injustice. (Eyes endured the same “medicine” […]
By Gerald V. Paul It seems that you cannot have a Black Canadian Forum and not talk or, in this case, get angry, over race and carding. And so it went, back and forth, as members of the Caribbean and Black community took the opportunity to hear directly from mayoralty candidates on issues at the […]
Photo by Gerald V. Paul By Gerald V. Paul The first cardinal named from the English-speaking Caribbean – one of 19 who advise the Pope – Cardinal Kelvin Edward Felix graced Prince of Peace Roman Catholic Church Sunday, asking the congregation to embrace service and heart. It was a message of strength to the congregation […]
Like all Canadian citizens and residents, members of the Caribbean diaspora have solid grounds for showing solidarity with the First Nations. We can support their right to justice and equity because those two principles are also the basis of our own aspirations. In the shared context of centuries of European expansionism and colonization here in […]
A return to the days of “Cocaine Cowboys” may be imminent in the Caribbean, an expert warns. By Gerald V. Paul Canada is poised to assist Caribbean security forces if the threat of a new drug war materializes in the region. “You are not seeing battalions and fleets and aircraft. What we are doing there […]
Jamaica, where the heart is Girls – and everyone else – just wanna have fun in Jamaica. To many, Jamaica is the heart of the Caribbean. The birthplace of reggae and the Rastafari movement, and with all-inclusive resorts. Jamaica symbolizes many of the things most loved and perhaps, most misunderstood about the region. A simple […]
St. Thomas an alluring Virgin Beautiful beaches, attractions, golf, good food all await the visitor to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. It would be so easy to stereotype any patch of land in the Caribbean as a beach-bumming, rum-drinking, palm-fringed, laid-back tropical island. But just as each city has its own culture and most countries […]
T&T fest announces Caribbean films The Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) announced the first section of its program of films for its 2014 edition, the Caribbean features section. Twenty feature-length films – 10 fiction films and 10 documentaries – will screen in this section at the festival, which runs Sept. 16-30. The 20 films […]
Storm insurance for Caribbean islands Repeated severe damage by hurricanes has resulted in new insurance coverage for eight countries. GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) says it is now providing excess rainfall insurance coverage to eight regional countries as the Caribbean continues to take precautions against possible damage caused […]
