After 40 years of chronic underfunding, the City is once again cutting the budget for Parks — a move that will have devastating impacts on communities across Brooklyn. Brooklyn has the least amount of green space per resident. It is home to neighborhoods with some of the fewest number of parks and some of the worst health outcomes in the entire City. The current budget cut — $55 million and […]
(StatePoint) In today’s evolving reproductive health landscape, informed decision making about contraception is crucial, particularly for women affected by inherited blood clotting conditions or thrombophilia. Selecting the right birth control method is pivotal, say experts, who point to research that shows the risk for potentially life-threatening blood clots is 35 times greater among women with genetic clotting disorders who use estrogen-based contraceptives. Dynamic Debate Recent advances in technology and healthcare […]
At the 3rd Annual Women of Distinction Award, last Thursday evening, at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, State Assemblymember, for the 43rd District, Brian Cunningham paid tribute to some exceptionally brilliant and capable women who are members of the community and women who work tirelessly to improve their neighborhoods. In recognizing their work and the power breakers these women have become in the community, Assemblymember Brian Cunningham host an evening of […]
Dr. Olga Husbands, a proud mother of three young ladies and one young man, who has been a nurse for over 30 years and a nurse leader for over 15 years, says that being a mother is “an honor, a God-given privilege and one of the most important occupation a woman can have.” “As a mother, you not only take care of your own children but also your nieces, nephews, […]
The big row in Jamaica as to how to ditch the British monarch, install a local head of state and become a republic is heating up once again on the island with the two main parties squaring off on the process of how to join Guyana, Trinidad, Dominica and Barbados as republics in the regional family. The Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC), which had been canvassing the island on how to […]
Caribbean legislators on Mother’s Day, Sunday, paid special tributes to mothers, noting their extraordinary roles. “As we celebrate Mother’s Day, we pay tribute to the incredible strength, dedication and love exhibited by all mothers,” New York City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse told Caribbean life. “The role of a mother in the Caribbean-American community is one of profound influence and cultural preservation. “Mothers not only carry the responsibility of nurturing families […]
Trinidad and Tobago earned two Paris 2024 Olympic qualifying spots, the women’s 4x100m and the men’s 4x400m, on the second day of the World Athletics Relay championship in Nassau, Bahamas earlier this month. On the opening day of competition at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium on May 4, T&T left empty handed, however, on day two, the women’s 4x100m and men’s 4x400m teams secured their qualification. Unfortunately, TT&’s men’s […]
Jody Ferguson and her husband Lancelot have pioneered a unique retreat experience to nurture Black love and foster entrepreneurship. The Essence of Love Retreat offers like-minded couples a space to connect. “We decided to curate a retreat that nurtures the spaces of Black love and allows us to connect with like-minded couples that have the same goals of entrepreneurship or becoming the head executive in whatever company they are,” explained […]
Visually-impaired, Queens-based dancehall singer Nigy Boy continues his meteoric rise to global superstardom, when he achieved what some say may be a first for a dancehall artist. Last week, Nigy Boy, 23, whose real name is Nigel Hector, was invited to be a special guest on “Queens Day” in Albany, during a New York State Assembly session, by Caribbean-American Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman. Hyndman announced in her presentation that the […]
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