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Calvary’s Mission Food Pantry in Richmond Hill, Queens, which supports around 1,500 families weekly, is gearing up for a significant expansion. Director of Operations Kevin Sookdeo announced plans for their 16th annual fundraiser banquet to help the pantry secure a dedicated facility. The charity currently provides groceries valued at $100 to $120 per family weekly from the basement of the Community Bible Evangelical Free Church. Sookdeo and his team are working to […]

There are about to be a lot of lasts in your household in the coming months. The last first day of school. The last homecoming, the last Christmas program or sports event you’ll have to attend. The last spring break, the final prom, and the last day of school, they’ll all be bittersweet, but you’ll manage. As in these new books about college, you’ve got big decisions to make first. […]

The Organization of American States (OAS) says that the Permanent Representative of St. Lucia Elizabeth Darius-Clarke on Thursday assumed the chair of the OAS’s Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI). During a ceremony, held at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C., Amb. Darius-Clarke, who will hold the position until December 2024, emphasized that, “The role of CIDI is key in ensuring that our work within the OAS remains geared toward sustainable […]

The United States Department of State says that Barbados is the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to participate this week in the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (“Americas Partnership”) foreign affairs track Ministerial meeting. The State Department said on Thursday that US Secretary of State Antony will host the American Partnership on Wednesday that involves foreign ministers from the 12 Americas Partnership countries – the United States, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Costa […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says that following the city’s Asylum Application Help Center’s first anniversary, the center has won the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Hodson Award for distinguished public service for its work helping Caribbean and other asylum seekers submit applications for work authorization, temporary protected status (TPS) and asylum. Many of the migrants crossing the southern border of the United States and arriving in major cities, such […]