Month: September 2024

The St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots registered an exciting one-wicket victory over the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the opening match of the Caribbean Premier League at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua last Thursday. In pursuit of the Falcons’ score of 163- 4 off their 20 overs, the Patriots crossed the line when Anrich Nortje scampered a single off the last ball bowled by Roshon Primus to finish […]

Advice-and-consent is a cornerstone of good governance, established in the foundations of our nation’s democracy. The advice-and-consent process is not merely a formality, but an essential mechanism for collaboratively ensuring a nominee has the qualifications for the role and the confidence of stakeholders to succeed in it. It is something I taught my political science students at Queens College. Here in New York City, the process has proceeded smoothly over […]

The Barbados Royals won their second consecutive Women’s Caribbean Premier League title when they defeated the Trinbago Knight Riders by four runs in the final at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando, Trinidad. Batting first after losing the toss, Trinbago Knight Riders were limited to 93 for eight in their 20 overs, as Aaliyah Alleyne’s medium pace undermined their team. Their captain and star batter, Deandra Dottin, made […]

The Prospect Park Alliance, in partnership with the League of Women Voters NYC, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Brooklyn Alumnae Chapter, and Brooklyn NAACP, will on Sept. 7 commemorate 100 years of Shirley Chisholm. Voter activation and registration will he held from 1:00 – 3 p.m., and performance and talk-back, 3 – 5 p.m. The late civil rights leader will be honored in a memorial at Lefferts Historic House in […]

The sweet sounds of the steel pan reverberated for over five hours Saturday night and early Sunday morning over the Brooklyn Museum Grounds and the surrounding neighborhoods in Crown Heights as the West Indian Day Carnival Association (WIADCA), organizer of the annual New York Caribbean Week, showcased Panorama. Guest Steel Orchestra Eruption Steel Orchestra performs at Panorama 2024. Photo by Nelson A. King Thousands of pan lovers filled the grounds […]

Zahra Scott lives in Flatbush and will be starting 11th grade at Basis Independent Upper School in Brooklyn this fall. People would be surprised to know that Scott is “actually very shy, especially when meeting new people or being in new environments.” She is also obsessed with the NBC sitcom The Office. Both of her parents are from Trinidad and Tobago. My dad was born in Toco, Trinidad, and my […]

The University of the West Indies (UWI) is set to launch its first-of-its-kind global online graduate business school focused on leadership within the context of supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). After almost two years of negotiations and operational procedures last Wednesday in Barbados, at the UWI’s Global Campus, the University of the West Indies established the new International School for Development Justice (ISDJ)  to respond to the […]

Citing current commitments to the international cricket circuit, former West Indies cricket captain and legend Richie Richardson has backed away from an offer to become sports minister as part of wider plans by the federation with Barbuda to put the country in a position to win medals at the next Olympics in the US in 2028. Prime Minister Gaston Browne had tapped Richardson, a match referee with the International Cricket […]

“The Fallen Fruit” by Shawntelle Madison c.2024, Amistad                                              $28.00                                       437 pages   You’re lucky you didn’t hit your head! The damage you did to yourself was bad enough, you didn’t need a head wound to lay you low, too. You haven’t skinned your knees like that since you were ten years old. Your elbow still hurts from that tumble. But read the new book, “The Fallen Fruit” by Shawntelle […]