Month: December 2024

Festively dressed boys and girls from the East Flatbush area of Brooklyn were treated to Christmas cheer last Saturday and given an opportunity to select gifts from a collection of over 200 items, including action figures, educational, interactive, and electronic toys, books, DVDs, beauty kits, accessories, video games, and puzzles, for a joyous Christmas season. Thanks to the Guyana St. Roses Alumni Association USA, Inc., in partnership with President's College […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced that — thanks to the administration's successful asylum seeker management strategies, which have continued to drive down the number of people in the city's care and reduce costs — 25 shelters, including the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, are slated to close in the coming two months. Adams said that thanks to the administration's […]

The Caribbean's cricket leaders have all dismissed the suggestion by the outgoing chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Greg Barclay, that the West Indies should be dismantled as one entity and the countries play as separate nations. He also suggested that the ICC should also abolish its Full Member status. Barclay's comments were swiftly rejected by Conde Riley, the Barbados Cricket Association president, as "madness. " He suggested that […]

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam grabbed five wickets as Bangladesh posted a historic 101-run victory against the West Indies on the fourth day of the second Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica. The Test victory was Bangladesh’s first since 2009 and tied the two-match series 1-1 to ensure that the West Indies would end the year without a Test series win. While the fast bowlers did the damage in the West […]

Though excited of being appointed the T&T national football coach, former national and Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke but accepted it is a difficult job in taking the country to its second FIFA World Cup in history. “I’m quietly confident that we can get the job done, but I’m under no delusion that the job at hand is very challenging,” Yorke assured in a beIN Sports talk, a leading sports […]

St. Lucia’s Olympic gold medalist Julien Alfred missed out on being named World Athletics Track Athlete of the Year, losing out to the United States’ Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone at the ceremony. Alfred had an excellent year, winning gold in the women’s 100 meters and silver in the 200 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She also won the 60-meter title at the World Indoor Championships and the 100-meter title at the […]

During a press conference last week by the Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, he expressed his interest to collaborate on immigration regulations with president elect, Donald Trump’s new border czar, Tom Homan. According to Mayor Adam, he has always express that those immigrants who are living in the city and committing crimes – robberies, shooting at police officers, killing innocent people, and raping women have been a harm […]