Month: April 2025

Last week, an 11-year-old schoolgirl and family members went for a half-day outing at a hotel resort on Guyana's west coast where she was apparently abducted by hotel agents, brutally beaten, and her body dumped into the facility's pool in an apparent bizarre religious sacrifice that has left an entire nation in mourning. Once she had disappeared from her grandmother and relatives who were in the pool, an immediate search […]

Caribbean-American creative Vinik Ernest is bringing his bold vision to life with the official launch of Palmtree magazine on May 2. The magazine, an extension of the larger Palmtree brand, celebrates Caribbean women, carnival culture, and artistic expression across the diaspora. Founded by Ernest, a first-generation American of St. Lucian heritage, Palmtree is more than a publication; it is a cultural platform. "Palmtree is a brand that celebrates Caribbean women, […]

Mother’s Day Books for Kids by various authors c.2024, 2025, Various publishers                    $12.99 - $18.99                      Various page counts   Every day, your Mom or Grandma does nice things for you. She fixes your lunch and dinner, makes sure your clothes are clean and that you have a safe place to sleep. Whose cookies are best? Mom’s! Who hugs better? Grandma does (but Mom’s a close second!) They love you a […]

Cultural activist Harry Belafonte died on April 25, 2023 at age 96. Since then, Jamaica announced several honorarium to commemorate the icon with the erection of a state of the art performing arts center in the parish of St. James; and the naming of a portion of the North Coast highway (which passes through the parish of St. Ann where the icon spent some of his youth and where his […]

Candidates running for NYC Mayor highlighted their plans for immigration policy and its proposed effects on these communities on April 16 during the hybrid forum hosted by the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (CUNY SLU), which was co-sponsored by the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC). The forum was held from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. The Democratic candidates in attendance were NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, NYC Comptroller Brad […]

Following demonstrations by hundreds of union supporters, political pressure from elected officials, and multiple rounds of tense negotiations, District Council 37 (DC 37), Local 1502 and the Brooklyn Museum have reached an agreement that avoids layoffs of nearly 50 workers. DC 37 is New York City's largest public employee union, with 150,000 members and 89,000 retirees. It said the agreement allows for a voluntary separation package or retirement with an […]

Leaders from several Eastern Caribbean countries, which raise hundreds of millions in state revenues by selling passports and local citizenship to foreigners, are meeting in an emergency session in Antigua this week amid pressure from Western nations to improve transparency or to scrap such programs altogether. With the collapse of banana and other exports to Europe and threats to slap a 10 % tariff on exports to the US, the […]

Eight Democratic candidates for the Mayoral race made their case for a Black Agenda for New York at the Medgar Evers College on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in front of a packed hall. Dr. Patricia Ramsey, President of Medgar Evers College speaking at the opening said, "The views expressed by these candidates in this forum are their own and not necessarily reflect the view or opinions of  Medgar Evers College." […]

There were several protests during the Democratic Mayoral Forum on the Black Agenda at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn on Wednesday, April 23. At the beginning one protestor was questioning why there was only eight candidates and not nine participating in the event and called for the ninth person to be included. The protestor was later removed by security. Later another protestor crashed the stage just as Scott Stringer took […]