Month: March 2025

If there were any doubts about whether Venezuela is bluffing or cavalier about its decades-old claim to a large swath of Guyana’s landmass and related waters, doubts should now fade following Saturday’s appearance of a Venezuelan gunboat in the midst of commercial offshore oilfields licensed by Guyana. Guyanese awoke to news at the weekend that a military vessel had sailed right into the middle of oilfields in the prolific Stabroek […]

West Indies cricket icon Sir Clive Lloyd has welcomed the news that Guyana President Dr. Irfaan Ali has been named the new chairman of the CARICOM Sub-committee on Cricket. The outgoing chairman, Trinidad's Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley, announced during the final day of the 48th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Barbados. Dr. Rowley revealed it would be his final CARICOM meeting and handed the baton to Dr. Ali. […]

Biochemist Mandë Holford is blazing a trail in the sciences, working to identify the therapeutic potential of venom from snails, squid and other marine creatures to treat diabetes, hypertension and other diseases. Holford’s Hunter College colleague, Jin Young Seo, has developed interventions to address cultural factors that dissuade Korean American women in New York from getting breast cancer screenings. Their colleague at City Tech, physics professor German Kolmakov, is collaborating […]

Filling the streets with colorful costumes and exuberant celebrations, spreading happiness, joy and togetherness throughout the nation, Trinidad and Tobago Carnival earned its reputation as 'The Greatest Show On Earth.' It is an electrifying annual festival held on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday and is well known all over the world. There are many events leading up to this much anticipated Monday and Tuesday Carnival celebrations some of […]

Singing "To Whom It May Be," Helon Francis Sunday night won the Trinidad and Tobago 2025 Calypso Monarch title at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain, the Trinidad capital, dethroning reigning Monarch Machel Montano. Montano, who captured the Chutney Soca Monarch title on Saturday, placed fifth with "Bet Yah." According to Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Francis copped the title from 11 other contenders in winning his second crown since 2018. […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos last Thursday celebrated a milestone of over $18 million paid to students through apprenticeships and work-based learning over the past three years of the Adams administration. New York City's Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs—which have been part of the curriculum at New York City Public Schools for the past 120 years—have evolved to meet […]

A middle-aged man deported by the Trump administration to Jamaica recently is insisting that he is an American from Camden, New Jersey, and has been wrongfully dumped on a Caribbean island where he has no antecedents. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says they have documentary proof that the deportee is a Jamaican christened Devon Nicely, but he insists that he is Trevor Anthony Grant, a native American citizen. […]

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson hosted her Black History Month celebration at Eastwood Manor on Eastchester Road in the Bronx on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Gibson, whose father hails from Trinidad and Tobago, said the evening recognized the richness of African American tradition, culture, and history in the Bronx and featured special performances. CBS-2 Newscaster Alicea Reid served as emcee. Deputy City Clerk Shirley Saunder receiving the Aurelia Greene Memorial […]