Month: August 2024

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National sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye is the most recent athlete to receive funding through the Government’s Elite Athlete Assistance Program (EAAP). T&T’s acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sport and Community Development, David Roberts presented a cheque for TT$187,500 (US$27.67) to Ahye on Aug. 15. A post on the ministry’s Facebook page said, “This funding, awarded under the EAAP and aligned with the National Sport Policy, is designed to help […]

Bahamas Attorney General Ryan Pinder says the Bahamas government has formally submitted a legal brief to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) addressing positions filed by various countries regarding climate change. The ICJ is the principal judiciary of the United Nations (UN) and the only international court that hears disputes between nations. It was established in 1945 by the UN Charter and is located at the Peace Palace in The […]

This Jamaican style escovitch fish takes be back 21 years, when my friends and I would head down to Toronto to shop for records (remember 45’s and 33’s?) for our aspiring DJ business. That trip usually had us end up in the Jamaican community on Eglinton Ave where there were not only many record stores selling the latest dancehall tracks from Jamaica, but quite a few restaurants where we would […]

Grenadians turned out in their thousands on Sunday, to in relative terms, celebrate a ‘pot’ of medals at the just concluded Paris summer Olympics with team members and coaches being honored at public ceremony where cash and material gifts were also handed out and after a motorcade that had snaked its way through various city streets whipping up a level of national fervor perhaps not seen since independence 50 years […]

On Oct. 7, 2023, our world changed forever. As families in southern Israel celebrated the joyous holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, unleashing a brutal attack that left over 1,200 people dead and 251 taken hostage, nearly all civilians. It was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Nine months later, 120 hostages remain in captivity, including eight US citizens. These are our neighbors, colleagues […]

Trinidadian-American Nancy Tannis says the Brooklyn-based Kaisokah Moko Jumbies USA will “Watch Meh” for Junior Carnival this Labor Day. “We came up with that theme after our band leader Jason Edwards had a dream of the kids and parents talking about their costumes and simply saying to each other ‘Watch Meh’”, Tannis, section leader for the Special Needs Section, told Caribbean Life. “The theme gives the kids the chance to […]