Month: March 2025

Women’s History Month Books for Kids by various authors c.2024, 2025                                                   $17.99 - $20                            Various page counts Mom and Grandma know many things. They know what you like for breakfast and lunch. They help you find the most fabulous clothes and the best toys. They’re good at telling stories, teaching you chores, and giving you hugs. You know they do great things, and so have other women throughout history – […]

As a pastor, I have dedicated my life to serving my community, offering guidance, and standing up for what is right. Scripture calls on us to care for one another, to protect the vulnerable, and to be watchful against those who would do harm. That is why I feel compelled to speak out when some seem to have forgotten the threat of illegal gaming operations that prey upon our neighbors, […]

As territorial tensions between Guyana and Venezuela continue to simmer, Guyana's government this week vowed to slap treason charges on any Guyanese who allows Venezuela to appoint or elect him or her as the governor of its oil-rich western region that Venezuela has threatened to annex and administrate. Minister of National Security Robeson Benn told a junior police conference that Venezuelan authorities would not hesitate to impose capital charges on […]

Dr. Vindhya Persaud minister of Human Services and Social Security, is leading Guyana’s delegation to the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, being held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, from March 10 to 21, 2025. According to Guyana’s news agency, the delegation comprises Ms. Arianna Beharry, Deputy Permanent Secretary (Administration), Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Cona Husbands, Gender Based Violence […]

Guyanese-American Doris Rodney, the matriarch of a dynasty of hearty cooking and owner of The Hills Restaurant at 4706 Church Ave. in Brooklyn, is a proud honoree of the 2025 Caribbean Life Impact Awards, set to take place on March 20 at Terrace on the Park, 52 -11 111th Street, Queens. Fondly called “Doris” by friends and foodies alike, Rodney, who has received numerous accolades for her delicious cuisine and […]

In delivering the sermon on Sunday during the 66th Anniversary Worship Service of the United Women in Faith at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church in Brooklyn, the Rev. Dr. Majorie E. Nunes, a Jamaican-born retired elder of the New York Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC), said that "God calls us to a faith mindset–not a fate mentality." "When discussing 'faith, not fate,' it means emphasizing the idea that […]