Month: October 2025

As Vincentians in the United States began celebrating their 46th Anniversary of political independence from Great Britain on Sunday, Oct. 19, Ambassador to the United States Lou-Anne Gilchrist urged nationals to also celebrate the country’s new identity. “On Oct. 27, 1979, the flag of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a newly independent nation, was hoisted for the very first time. From that moment, our blessed homeland became a sovereign state, […]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul slammed Washington Republicans on Tuesday, Oct. 21, for sending health care costs skyrocketing for 140,000 New Yorkers. Hochul said that, as the GOP refuses to extend the existing enhanced premium tax credits, New Yorkers who rely on the ACA subsidies for affordable, quality coverage are now being notified that their health insurance premiums will increase by an average of 38 % next year – an […]

Due to an impending union strike by Broadway musicians, there is uncertainty along the Great White Way about the viability of staging musical productions. However, Off-Broadway sounding chords of lyrical nostalgia, "44 The Musical" offers alluring, audio entreatments at the Daryl Roth Theater in Union Square. Staged to reprise two consecutive terms of an unprecedented US presidency, the musical pays tribute to the first elected African-American whose storied ascendancy from […]

Caribbean Community leaders issued a statement at the weekend, urging a peaceful resolution to the crisis in the Southern Caribbean but as they united on the issue, one of its founding members made it clear it has a much different view of the situation. Trinidad and Tobago said it had adopted a much different attitude to the others in the 15-member grouping by throwing its full support behind the region, […]

Two aspiring Caribbean-American registered nurses on Saturday, Oct. 4, were awarded scholarships from the Bronx, Manhattan and Westchester Chapter of the Caribbean American Nurses’ Association, Inc. (CANA) during the group’s 28th Annual Vernese Weekes Scholarship Luncheon, at Eastwood Manor, on Eastchester Road, in the Bronx. The recipients were Veronica Weekes, the daughter of the late Barbadian-born registered nurse Vernese Weekes after whom the Scholarship Award is named, and Dominican Republic-American […]

Making our city safer and more affordable for working families has been our priority since day one because our administration understands that in New York, it takes a city to raise a child. This starts with ensuring our youngest New Yorkers have a place to live the moment they are born. Last week, we launched our new pilot program, “Creating Real Impact at Birth” (CRIB), an initiative that aims to […]

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. on Oct. 16 lit the religious Diya at the Kissena Boulevard, Queens Hindu Center in observance of his Administration’s Annual Diwali - a festival of lights observed by Hindus. The politician who was draped with a Hindu scarf in honor of the festival, later, presented Citations of Honor to community members who have been leading in various ways throughout the borough. They are Rasik […]

A Caribbean-born immigration attorney in Brooklyn has warned that an affidavit of support alone may be insufficient for Caribbean and other nationals applying for permanent residency in the United States. "The landscape of family-based immigration is poised for meaningful change. Following the enactment of the ''One Big Beautiful Bill Act'' (OBBBA) and the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) memorandum of Sept. 4, 2025, (legal) practitioners strongly anticipate heightened evidentiary […]