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T&T Football Association (TTFA) Technical Director Anton Corneal is one of a select group of technical leaders worldwide to graduate from the first edition of FIFA’s Technical Leadership Diploma. According to a release from TTFA, Corneal attended the final block of an 18-month-long course, which concluded with a series of assessment presentations and a graduation ceremony at the FIFA museum in Zurich from Dec. 5-6. The program commenced in May […]

President of Cricket West Indies (CWI), Dr. Kishore Shallow, has set the record straight about undertaking governance reform of regional cricket. Recently, the directors from the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) decided not to attend a board meeting where the regional cricket body was due to continue discussing and implementing recommendations from the Wehby Report on the governance of West Indies cricket. Gregory Nichols, the BCA […]

Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh dismantled the West Indies Women's batting, carrying India Women to a comfortable five-wicket victory and a sweep of the three-match One-Day International series at India's Kotambi International Cricket Stadium. Player-of-the-Match Sharma collected six wickets, her second five-wicket haul in ODIs, and Singh, who was named Player-of-the-Series, bagged the other four wickets as the Windies were dismissed for an insignificant 162 in 38.5 overs. Chinelle Henry […]

Bahamas The Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBB) says provisional data suggest that in November, the domestic economy experienced growth but at a tempered pace compared to the previous year. "In particular, economic indicators continued to trend closer to their expected medium-term trajectory," the CBB said in the Monthly Economic and Financial Developments (MEFD) November 2024 report. It said that tourism sector activity continued to expand, reflecting robust gains in […]

Authorities in Suriname have returned the body of former military strongman and ex-president Desi Bouterse to close relatives and to his National Democratic Party (NDP) after learning over the weekend that he had died of liver failure linked to excessive drinking while in hiding from a 20-year prison sentence for mass murder. The autopsy performed on Bouterse, 79, showed that “that the probable date of death was on Monday or […]

On Dec. 12, the Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) hosted a hybrid conversation with Dr. Zinga Fraser about her newly edited book, "Shirley Chisholm: In Her Own Words" (University of California Press, 2024). The book description states: "This long-overdue treatment of her work establishes Chisholm as an unparalleled public intellectual and Black feminist both in her time and now. The book not only contextualizes the Civil Rights […]

As 2024 ends, I am proud of a year of great progress for The City University of New York that has given us good reason to feel optimistic. In 2024, our colleges welcomed more students and implemented more programs to help guide them to careers. It was a year of record-breaking funding for the University’s research, and a year of growth with the expansion of one school. CUNY’s enrollment growth […]

The Consulate General of Jamaica, New York, recently hosted an event that transported attendees to Rita Marley's heart and home. "From the refreshing sorrel and ital treats to the evocative storytelling and music by Zion Marley and Tuff Luke Iron, the atmosphere was rich with connection to the matriarch of reggae," Jamaican entertainment publicist Micahaela Samuels told Caribbean Life. She said the event featured excerpts from Rita Marley's books, merchandise […]