All posts on November, 2019

Family of seven is seeking help Rosie Awori Hurricane Dorian was the most powerful storm on record to hit the Bahamas. Between September 1st and 3rd, it parked itself over part of the country for nearly two days as a Category 5 storm with wind gusts topping 320 kph (200 mph), pounding and pounding. According to the United Nations 76,000 people in Grand Bahama and the Abaco islands have been left homeless by the hurricane and are in need of help. Survivors describe the hard-hit Abaco Islands as unsafe and uninhabitable, tens of thousands forced to flee. “It seemed like …

Leading From Above The Line is a principle-grounded approach to leadership and personal development Contact Staff Grenadian philosopher and author Theodore U. Ferguson packs a powerful resume, behind a “unique and transformational philosophy” that has already positively impacted the lives of professionals across the Caribbean and beyond. His philosophy of Leading From Above The Line is a principle-grounded approach to leadership and personal development. He has worked with regional and international organizations, governments, state corporations, private and public sector organizations, professionals and most importantly, youth. He stated that his philosophy was developed specifically “to address the leadership challenges in rapidly …

Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed’s mediation efforts were recognized globally when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 11. The award recognized Abiy’s “efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea,” the Norwegian Nobel committee’s chair, Berit Reiss-Andersen is quoted as saying. Ahmed, who is a former military officer specializing in cyber intelligence, came into power at the age of 41, making him one of the youngest African leaders after Joseph Kabila in Congo. After coming into power in April 2018, he signed a peace …

Daylight come… Coming out of a nasty election campaign and a little bit of a dressing down that left him with a minority government and a deeply divided country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has his hands full trying to hold on to power at least for the next 18 to 24 months, the usual life-expectancy for that type of administration. But as troubled as he might be over western anxieties that gave the opposition Conservatives almost every seat in that part of the country; pipe lines that his government owns but a big chunk of Canadians want to disown as …

POLTICS AND RACENovel THOMAS There’s always a certain sense of excitement at election time as people—at least those with an interest in the recurring political exercise—contract the political fever. So after the recent 40-day heated political exercise… or campaign of promises amounting to billions of dollars by the primary party leaders, which in the end was capped off with the re-election of Justin Trudeau to a second term as Prime Minister, everything is back to a semblance of normalcy. But that’s passé. The question now is how did we do in the recent political exercise, whomever we individually or collectively …

Contact Staff New UWI campus and new renewable energy plant Two years after Hurricane Irma almost crippled the economy of Antigua-Barbuda, the small twin-island state has been experiencing a significant uplift in its socio-economic outlook with two major projects boosting its education and energy sectors. With the opening of the Five Island Campus this past September, the country became the site of the University Of The West Indies’ fifth land campus, joining Trinidad and Tobago (St. Augustine), Jamaica (Mona) and Barbados Cave Hill) and the major Medical Facility in The Bahamas. The campus, which began admitting its 800 students this …

Sizzla, Chronic Law and Makamillion, You never know when your bad luck can turn to worse luck. For the month of October a few Caribbean artists have been encountering a string of bad luck. Reggae/dancehall icon Sizzla has been hospitalized following a motorcycle crash; dancehall artiste Chronic Law was involved in a car accident and Soca artist Makamillion was victimized by the police in his home. Saturday, October 19, Sizzla was out and stuntin’ on one of his motorcycles along Mona Road in Kingston when he lost control and ended up with a broken right ankle. Sizzla was born on …

People who understand their divine purpose in life and know they are destined to be great usually have a plan. We all must know that we are created by a master planner. Our God made plans for us before we were born. Even our births planned events. He planned your parents without your consent. He planned your timely birth by day, month, and year. He scheduled the season, the exact time and location along with the type of environment in which you would be born. He handpicked the midwives, doctors and nurses associated with your arrival and delivery. It is …

HOPFAN celebrates Impact and Excellence Tynesha Mullings Give honor to whom honor is due… this is a biblical statement that provides guidance to many. These days people are so quick to publicize scandals great and small or to broadcast the wrong that people do, but what about the good? Granted, no one is perfect and yes, even saints fall at times but by encouraging others we help one another get back up. We build each other up. Today’s society often overlooks the good in others and as a result, many of us have (even unintentionally ) neglected in showing our …