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Katherine Ragazzino served with the U.S. Marine Corps as a staff non-commissioned officer (NCO) and a Staff Sergeant on two deployments with the 13th MEUSOC (Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable). Everything was normal for her in daily life until she suffered a traumatic brain injury during her 2004 tour in Iraq, leading to her being medically retired. Before moving to New York from California in 2012, according to the […]

As SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Medical Center hosted a Community Healthy Lifestyle Fair on Sunday, a distinguished professor and physician at the university hospital’s Center for Community Health Promotion & Wellness (the Center) says that the hospital, in the heart of the Caribbean community in Brooklyn, has stepped up to address challenges facing the elderly population and caregivers. Dr. Michael Reinhardt – a physician, assistant professor, clinical advisory […]

Shimron Hetmyer and the Guyana Amazon Warriors produced a spectacular batting performance to beat the St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots and remain unbeaten in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at Warner Park. Hetmyer contributed a boundary-laden 91, as the Warriors posted the second highest ever score in the CPL of 266 for seven in their 20 overs, just one run short of the 267 for two scored by the Trinbago […]

Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Dr. Kishore Shallow, recently announced that a domestic T20 competition in 2025 is in the works to determine who will represent the region at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. He said talks were already under way with the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to stage the domestic competition next year. “To add cricket to the agenda in the next Olympics is certainly going to be […]

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