Businessman Mario Sabga-Aboud has apologised for using “careless words” to describe the Syrian/Lebanese community as the country’s “most powerful” ethnic group when he appeared on the T&T episode of the CNN series Anthony Bourdain—Parts Unknown last week. Sabga-Aboud’s remarks on the show and follow-up comments by...
Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna has yet another jewel to add to her crown in the form of securing a place on Time Magazine’s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet in 2017. For its third annual roundup of everyone from bestselling authors to political activists, the...
The generic version of the most advanced drug against HIV has been introduced in Kenya, a first in Africa where more than 25 million have the disease, the NGO Unitaid said Wednesday. The drug, Dolutegravir (DTG) is the anti-retroviral drug of choice for those living with...
Two controversial music videos featuring gun-toting individuals planning violence and other criminal acts, both exposed within two days of each other by this newspaper, might be coincidence but definitely cause for alarm. The first video featuring dancehall artiste Alkaline, and the second entitled Vybz Kartel, Masicka...
A ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Eliot L Engel, says the Caribbean Basin Security initiative (CBSI) could be among programmes that will suffer as a result of the “dangerous funding cuts” proposed by President Donald Trump international affairs budget next year. The...