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Barbados PM: The world needs a ‘reset’

Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados told the United Nations General Assembly Debate on Friday that the world needs a “reset,” stating that, over the last four years, the global community has faced “poly-crises.” “We continue to wrestle with the climate crisis as a human family; we grapple with the legacy of the pandemic,” Mottley said during the 79th session of the General Assembly Debate. “We are now regrettably confronted […]

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Brooklyn Canarsie Lions prez elected to lead CACCI

Brooklyn Canarsie Lions President Jean Joseph on Thursday was elected the new president of the Brooklyn-based Caribbean-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI), succeeding Dr. Roy Hastick, the Grenadian-born CACCI’s late founder and long-standing president, who died on April 8, 2020. “I am grateful for this opportunity, and thank you for putting your trust in me to take the helm of leadership and steer this esteemed organization through the perilous […]

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Bolt wants to know who stole his fortune

Retired global track and field icon Usain Bolt says he remains depressed and frustrated by the lack of credible information pertaining to the theft of his retirement funds by an investment agency in Jamaica and wants to know exactly who the culprits are. Through his attorney Linton Gordon, the 37-year old eight-time Olympic champion, is desperate for answers regarding the disappearance of $12.7 in retirement funds Bolt had given the […]

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Tropical Jerk: A family legacy of authentic Jamaican cuisine expands in Hempstead

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Tropical Jerk, a popular restaurant serving authentic Jamaican cuisine, has become a beloved fixture in the Hempstead community. Founded in 2004 by Norman Frater in Jerusalem, N.Y., the restaurant’s dedication to traditional flavors quickly became a family-run success story. Now, with seven locations across Long Island and Queens, the Hempstead outpost holds a special significance for the Frater family.  Tropical Jerk’s newest location in Hempstead, Long Island. […]

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Suriname gets go ahead to develop oil field

In Guyana, the economic windfall from a humongous offshore oil find in 2015 has already begun to manifest itself since production kicked off in late 2019. The country earns at least $7.6 million daily from production. With two more oil fields set to come on stream in the next three years, officials say the daily figure will more than double once global oil prices hold steady. In the next four […]

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