Category: Caribbean
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Read more: The Cuban people, as well as investors, are caught in the U.S. viceThe Canada-Cuba relationship is significant: Cuba is Canada’s largest merchandise export market in the Caribbean/Central America region, and Canada is Cuba’s second‑largest source of foreign direct investment, especially in mining, energy, and tourism‑related sectors. Canada maintains an…
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Read more: Harmonies of Hope: $2.3 Million for Hurricane Relief in JamaicaMy friend Donette Chin-Loy Chang, who is Chancellor of Toronto Metropolitan University along with Wes Hall, Chancellor the University of Toronto collaborated to stage a Benefit Concert for post-hurricane relief in Jamaica. Both have Jamaican roots. One…
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Read more: Founded Circa 1753…Melissa is not the first, or last, hurricane to come for Jamaica, its people and its rumHurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica and the rest of the western Caribbean. Scores of people were killed or injured, estimates suggest that Jamaica has lost 30% of its GDP! As a former High Commissioner to Jamaica and…
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Read more: A rare look into the 51-year journey behind Appleton Estate’s most exclusive rum releaseOk…I know this is advertising content…but it is a great story As the adage goes, good things come to those who wait. Appleton Estate, Jamaica’s largest rum distillery, knows a thing or two about that. This estate,…
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Read more: Jamaica Mon … they know how to do itThe Jamaicans are one of the best tourism marketers around. As a former Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, I just have to share this. I gather it is the first of a series. I’ll try to share…
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Read more: This is an issue that the Caribbean and others will want to follow closelyCanada will as well given that the Canadian Executive Director for both of these institutions also represents the CARICOM states in these institutions.
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Read more: What makes a rum Jamaican? Question at heart of Caribbean legal dispute23 March 2025, Jacob Evans Rum is a key part of Jamaica’s cultural identity, but what exactly makes a rum Jamaican? That question is at the centre of a dispute that is continuing to rumble on the…
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Read more: Food For The Poor Canada thanks Canadians for changing and saving lives in 2021For the past few years I have kept busy with a number of volunteer activities. One of them, of which I am particularly proud, has been to act as Board Chair for Food For The Poor Canada…
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Read more: Prime Minister Trudeau to travel to Barbados to meet with Caribbean Community leaders
There are always more countries to visit than any Prime Minister has time for, but Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau is spending a lot of time abroad lately. He has been in the Middle East, Africa and Germany…
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Read more: It takes a village to build a village. Join us and help make a difference.
I’m involved with the Canadian non-profit organization Food For The Poor Canada. We are active in Jamaica and Haiti and other Caribbean countries, with a focus on building schools and homes, providing school and medical equipment and…