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Guyana Police serving criminal summons in US ‘a grave misstep’: Distinguished Guyanese lawyer
A distinguished Guyanese-born lawyer in New York has described as “a grave misstep” the decision by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to send a police officer to the United States to serve criminal summonses in the US by utilizing a private process server in New York. Last month, the GPF attempted to serve two criminal… Read More
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Bouterse on the run
He was supposed to obey an order from the state prosecutor’s office and report to prison on Friday, Jan. 12, but former military strongman and ex-President Desi Bouterse appears to be on the run after he failed to show up to begin a 20-year sentence for mass murder 41 years ago. Fears that he will… Read More
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Grenadian educator on international mission to The Gambia
After launching her first children’s book just before last Christmas in Brooklyn, Grenadian educator Dr. Ansha Clement is heading on a mission to The Gambia, West Africa. Dr. Clement – a trained principal, a master teacher at Math for America, a chemistry teacher and author of “Baby’s First Science: ABC” – told Caribbean Life on… Read More
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Suriname’s foreign minister eyes top OAS job
Suriname appears to be moving to assert itself at key multilateral organizations in the hemisphere as it announced the nomination of incumbent Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin for the top post of the 34-nation Organization of American States (OAS). The organization is based in Washington DC. Ramdin, 65, had already served as assistant secretary general from… Read More
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Reviewing top stories in the Caribbean for 2023
While celebrating 50 years as family grouping in 2023, Caribbean leaders participated in some major political and diplomatic events in 2023 in what was clearly a watershed year for regional diplomacy and foreign policy coordination, but violent crime including growing gangland violence, a few major human disasters and the conviction and possible imminent jailing of… Read More
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Musical arranger-calypsonian Hamlet wants calypso music marketable globally
Ulric J. Hamlet, a Vincentian-born musical arranger, composer and calypsonian, who carries the calypso sobriquet Hamlet, says his future goal is to work alongside the Brooklyn-based Dynamite Calypso Tent and SVG AMP in making Vincentian music and, more so, calypso, a marketable industry — not just in the Caribbean but throughout the world. “This, however,… Read More
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Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ biopic to send Valentines to fans
“One love, One heart, Let’s get together and feel alright” …Robert Nesta Marley, The king of reggae released those lyrics in 1965 on his debut album release titled The Wailing Wailers and throughout his lifetime and beyond the words of Robert Nesta Bob Marley have resonated as an anthem for progressive movements, unification and… Read More
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Grow where you are planted
“The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation” by Raquel Willis c.2023 St. Martin’s Press $29.00 384 pages The catalogs should start arriving soon. If you’re a gardener, that’s a siren song for you. What will you put in your pots and plots this spring? What colors will you have, what crops… Read More
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Al Comando per la Formazione e Scuola di Applicazione dell’Esercito la mostra itinerante “Virtus et Humanitas”
Palazzo Arsenale, sede del Comando per la Formazione e Scuola di Applicazione dell’Esercito (Torino – Via Arsenale, 22), ospita dal 17 gennaio 2024 al 31 gennaio 2024 la mostra itinerante dell’Ordine Militare d’Italia “Virtus et Humanitas”. L’esposizione propone un viaggio nel tempo e una riflessione profonda sul percorso compiuto dall’Italia verso gli auspicati traguardi di… Read More
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30 nuovi minibus elettrici nella flotta di GTT
La flotta GTT si arricchirà a breve di nuovi veicoli elettrici di piccole dimensioni, che saranno utilizzati per realizzare quanto previsto dal piano Nuovo Trasporto Torino in relazione alla riprogettazione delle linee STAR nel centro cittadino. L’azienda ha infatti aggiudicato la gara per l’acquisto dei veicoli che prevede un primo lotto di 22 mezzi e la possibilità di… Read More
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