Month: March 2025

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced a cabinet reshuffle just hours after her Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Marsha Caddle resigned. In a statement, Mottley said several key ministerial portfolios would be changed to strengthen the government's focus on national priorities. She said that consequent upon a request of the Minister of State in the Office of the Attorney General (with a focus on Crime Prevention) Corey Layne to […]

Diana Ross, a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award soloist, wowed a sold-out audience last Saturday at Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, during a magnificent performance of her greatest hits as the entertainment center celebrates its 10th Anniversary. The concert started with a documentary about Diana Ross's life growing up in a housing project in Detroit, Michigan. Images of her parents and siblings narrated her journey to stardom. The documentary […]

On February 25th 1980, sixteen non-commissioned officers staged a military coup in Suriname, toppling the then elected government of Prime Minister Henck Arron owing to a series of grievances that had included demands for an army labor union to vexation about the extent of Dutch control of the country five years after it had gained independence. As a result, the country was run by a combination of military strongmen and […]

“Firstborn Girls: A Memoir” by Bernice L. McFadden c.2025, Dutton                                    $30.00                                          400 pages   The Bible includes much begetting. Cush begat Nimrod. Jacob begat Joseph. Abraham begat Isaac. Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, and on and on and on. You might notice that those lines are all fathers and sons, sons and grandsons, but in the new book, “Firstborn Girls” by Bernice L. McFadden, it is like […]

At a time when New York City is seemingly facing a leadership crisis, Michael Blake, the son of Jamaican immigrants, says his decision to run for mayor is driven by his belief that "New York City deserves better and is due the best in leadership." Blake grew up in a working-class family in the Bronx—his mother was a 40-year manufacturer who raised four boys, and his late father, a member […]

It's been almost seven decades since the worst train derailment in Jamaica claimed the lives of 187 passengers headed to Kingston after a church outing. Sept. 1, 1957, was the actual disaster date, and 68 years later, the government of the island agreed to erect a monument to honor the victims of the horrific Kendal crash. Olivia Grange, the island's Parliamentarian responsible for deciding issues related to the matter, recently […]