Month: September 2024

The strategy promoted to help reduce gang violence in several CARICOM states, including Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, and St. Lucia, was rarely employed to do so, according to a recent report from the United Nations (UN). The release stated that despite the advocating for a public health response, and although several Caribbean country governments had simultaneously stepped up their “tough-on-crime” measures of enacting states of emergency, promulgating anti-gang legislation, […]

Stating that reparatory justice is an intergenerational struggle for Caribbean countries, Chairman of the CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Reparations Commission (CRC) Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles has called for the continued fight for reparatory justice from European colonial powers. “So, yes, you have to keep the movement going,” said Prof. Sir Hilary, who is also vice-chancellor and chairman of the Board of Trustees the University of the West Indies (UWI), in responding […]

We are entering a season of change, and it’s time for housing to change as well. New York is in the middle of a generations-long housing crisis that continues to worsen. There is a lack of affordable housing and a lack of appetite to build more, while the older stock of affordable housing deteriorates. New York City has declared a housing emergency for more than 50 years. Grandparents have lived […]

An upcoming film festival will showcase some of the best independent filmmakers, writers and directors from the Caribbean diaspora.   Hosted by Conch Shell Productions, a Queens-based nonprofit aimed at amplifying the voices of Caribbean filmmakers, the third annual Conch Shell International Film Festival will run from Thursday, Oct. 10, to Sunday, Oct. 13. Live screenings will take place at the Regal UA Midway Cinema in Forest Hills, located at 108-22 […]

“Life and Death of the American Worker” by Alice Driver c.2024 One Signal Publishers                                 $28.99                                      272 pages   Whatever pays the bills. That’s what you do, day in and day out, looking ahead for the weekend or even just your 15-minute break. Most days, you like your job. Most days, you don’t mind getting out of bed and going to work for that paycheck, the benefits and yes, […]

Barbados The new Permanent Representative of Barbados to the Organization of American States (OAS), Victor Fernandes, recently presented his credentials to Secretary General Luis Almagro in a ceremony held at the headquarters of the hemispheric Organization in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Fernandes said, “The government of Barbados is firm in its commitment to upholding the principles on which the OAS was founded, as enshrined in its Charter: guiding democracy, human rights, […]

The government of Barbados seems to have a penchant for tiffs with British organizations and or individuals connected to the slave trade era. Back in April, Prime Minister Mia Mottley ran into a political firestorm when she boldly and unwittingly announced plans to pay Sterling three million to today’s descendants of the British Drax family for 53 acres of land the family still owns in Barbados from the days of […]

Caribbean-American Democratic U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke on Wednesday strongly condemned the shooting of multiple spectators at the massive West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade in Brooklyn on Labor Day Monday. The New York Police Department (NYPD) said on Tuesday that one man has died after an unidentified gunman opened fire on spectators almost at the end of the 57th Annual West Indian American Day Carnival Parade on Eastern Parkway, a […]

Two weeks after the borough of Brooklyn flaunted a spectacular procession of Caribbean cultural exhibits along a single thoroughfare, Manhattan is set to display African-American pride on a single boulevard located in the Village of Harlem. Sunday, Sept. 15 is the date for the 55th annual African-American Day parade. Slated to kick-off at noon from 111th St. the creme de la creme of high school and college drill bands, fraternal […]