Month: March 2025

On Tuesday, the Bronx-based Garifuna Coalition USA, Inc. expressed its deepest condolences to the family, friends, and the entire Garifuna nation on the passing of the legendary Garifuna musician Aurelio Martínez. The Honduran-born popular musician was reportedly among 12 people killed in a plane crash off the Caribbean coast of Honduras Monday night. Five others were injured.  Martínez was 55. "His voice, music, and unwavering commitment to preserving and promoting […]

Brooklyn Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, on Tuesday joined Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), 62 of their colleagues in the House and 23 of their colleagues in the Senate in leading a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem demanding the Trump administration redesignate and extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican […]

A day after he replaced Keith Rowley as head of government, Prime Minister Stuart Young named April 28 as general elections day in Trinidad, in a move that is apparently timed to catch opposition parties off guard. An announcement from the Office of the Prime Minister said authorities have asked ceremonial President Christine Kangaloo to immediately dissolve the 41 member parliament as the twin island federation with Tobago gets ready […]

Reiterating that The Bahamas does not employ Cuban medical professionals under forced labor conditions, Prime Minister Phillip Davis this week defended the program but said the existing payment system can be reviewed in keeping with demands from the US. His remarks have come amid threats by the Trump Administration in the US to cancel the entry visas of politicians and others linked to the Cuban program as the American see […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams Friday honored city healthcare workers, first responders, essential workers, and those who lost their lives to COVID-19 on the fifth anniversary of the first confirmed death in the five boroughs from the global pandemic that saw New York City as its epicenter. Since the pandemic was declared in the City of New York in 2020, Adams said there have been more than 3 million […]