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All data models are indicating that Bermuda and the US Virgin Islands are in the direct path of Tropical Storm Ernesto which up to mid-morning Wednesday was showing definite signs of developing into the third major if not deadly storm of the 2024 hurricane season. Ernesto was packing winds of up to 70 miles per hour, significantly strengthening from earlier in the week when it barreled through the Windward and […]

Brooklyn secured seven Democratic Supreme Court Justice nominees on Thursday after nearly 400 judicial delegates at the Kings County Democratic County Committee’s Judicial Convention voted to place the slate on the November ballot. The nominees are Hon. Keisha Alleyne, Hon. Inga O’Neale, Hon. Christopher Robles, Hon. Adam D. Perlmutter, Hon. Lisa Lewis, Hon. Jeffrey Sunshine, and Hon. Sharen Hudson.  Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, told […]

Clearly rattled by the weekend murders of eight youngsters and critical injuries to nine others, Jamaican authorities have ordered the island’s forces to immediately wipe out heavily armed gangsters responsible for the attacks, contending that such a reprehensible mass murder should not be allowed to occur again. The order followed an early Monday emergency meeting of the security council that was held hours after the eight were slaughtered in the […]

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on August 7 appointed Dr. Mariko Silver, a leader in the fields of philanthropy, education, government and the arts, as its next president and chief executive officer. Board Chair Steven R. Swartz said Silver, the 12th president, will join Lincoln Center on September 23, 2024.  “Silver will build upon a number of bold initiatives in recent years that invest in the vibrancy of New […]

The United States Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency said on Tuesday that agents from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Boston, Massachusetts have apprehended an unlawfully present 26-year-old Haitian national accused of aggravated rape of a child in a Rockland, Massachusetts migrant shelter. ICE said deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Cory Bernard Alvarez on Tuesday near his residence in Brockton, Massachusetts.  “Cory Bernard Alvarez has been charged with […]

Fast rising music prodigy Nigy Boy proved his mettle at “Rumpy Weekend” in cash-rich George Town, Grand Cayman, an island whose economy boasts the highest per capita income in the Caribbean. “The visually impaired New York based singer delivered a blistering performance that left many reggae lovers begging for more,” Anthony Turner, the New York-based, Jamaican-born entertainment publicist, told Caribbean Life on Tuesday.  “Evidence of the love Cayman has for […]

The Organization of American States (OAS) says the 3rd Regional Meeting of Women Leaders of Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean will bring together 33 women leaders from various Diasporas from 12 countries in the region, from August 14 to 16 in Cartagena, Colombia, to strengthen their skills on leadership, socioeconomic integration, intersectionality, gender perspective and advocacy, based on their own experiences. The Washington-based OAS said the event, “Dialogue […]

Vincentian-born, renowned international recording artiste Judy Boucher will be the featured artiste at “Bliss Love Fest” this fall at Amazura, 91-12 144th Pl., Queens. “The main aim of the event is to offer fans the opportunity to see Judy Boucher with a live band, along with a great line-up of musicians”,” Toni Johnson, the Vincentian-born founder and chief executive officer of the Brooklyn-based Kinetic Bliss Promotions (KBP), host of the […]