Month: December 2024

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Bookworm’s Best of 2024

Once the holidays are over, you may look around you at a floor full of spent wrapping paper and sad ribbons and wonder, “What’s next?” A whole new year, that’s what, and a dozen great books worthy of reaching back to find. Here they are, in no certain order, the Bookworm’s Best of 2024… FICTION If you’re a fan of best-selling novels, you won’t be surprised to see “Extinction” by […]

todayDecember 30, 2024

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Republic of Haiti marks 221 independent years Jan. 1.

Plenty of Soup Joumou will be consumed on Jan. 1, 2025, when Haitians gather in Brooklyn to commemorate the 221st anniversary of independence. Not only will the first day of the new year mark a new beginning for nationals, but the date signals a reason for a festive event marking the celebration of a historic triumph. Slated to begin at 3 p.m. at 3116 Clarendon Road, a feast and festival […]

todayDecember 30, 2024

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Joseph among 4 nominated for Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year

West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph has been one of the individuals nominated for the ICC’s prestigious Men’s Emerging Cricket of the Year award. Joseph, Gus Atkinson of England, Kamindu Mendis of Sri Lanka, and Pakistan’s Saim Ayub were announced as the first shortlist for its 2024 awards. The 25-year-old Joseph took 29 wickets in eight Tests and hit the spotlight in January when he took seven wickets in the […]

todayDecember 30, 2024

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T&T Anton Corneal completes FIFA Technical Leadership Diploma

T&T Football Association (TTFA) Technical Director Anton Corneal is one of a select group of technical leaders worldwide to graduate from the first edition of FIFA’s Technical Leadership Diploma. According to a release from TTFA, Corneal attended the final block of an 18-month-long course, which concluded with a series of assessment presentations and a graduation ceremony at the FIFA museum in Zurich from Dec. 5-6. The program commenced in May […]

todayDecember 30, 2024

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Op-Ed | Almost 65 million reasons why New York City tourism is back

The hospitality and tourism industry are the lifeblood of New York City’s economy. When we came into office three years ago, our city was emerging from the depths of the pandemic. Streets were empty and businesses were struggling to survive — and our tourism industry was hit hard. But our administration went to work to build a safer, more affordable city for working-class New Yorkers and their families. We worked to revitalize […]

todayDecember 30, 2024

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CWI Prez Shallow sets Gregory Nichols straight

President of Cricket West Indies (CWI), Dr. Kishore Shallow, has set the record straight about undertaking governance reform of regional cricket. Recently, the directors from the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) decided not to attend a board meeting where the regional cricket body was due to continue discussing and implementing recommendations from the Wehby Report on the governance of West Indies cricket. Gregory Nichols, the BCA […]

todayDecember 30, 2024

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Three-match sweep

Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh dismantled the West Indies Women's batting, carrying India Women to a comfortable five-wicket victory and a sweep of the three-match One-Day International series at India's Kotambi International Cricket Stadium. Player-of-the-Match Sharma collected six wickets, her second five-wicket haul in ODIs, and Singh, who was named Player-of-the-Series, bagged the other four wickets as the Windies were dismissed for an insignificant 162 in 38.5 overs. Chinelle Henry […]

todayDecember 30, 2024

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