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The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica) says it will confer an honorary degree on internationally-renowned musician and entertainer Sean Paul Henriques, OD, at its 2024 Graduation Ceremony. UTech said it will also confer such degrees on distinguished Jamaicans Major General Antony Anderson, CD, former Commissioner of Police of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and Christopher Zacca, CD, prominent Jamaican business leader. UTech said it will host Graduation Ceremonies on […]

The District 20K1 Diabetes Committee will be holding a Community Diabetes Awareness event entitled :Blue Ribbon on Nov. 9 starting at 11 a.m. at the Phil Rizzuto Park, 125th St. and 95th Avenue in South Richmond Hill, Queens, New York. For more information, call Pearl John 347-526-3721, Lynda Canaii – 347-731-0969, Mirle Gillard – 718-781-8620 and Allision Kelly – 516-244-3040.

After a disappointing encounter at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, ace TT swimmer Dylan Carter landed a gold medal in the men’s 50-metre freestyle event in the first leg of the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai, China. Swimming out of lane four, Carter took top spot in a time of 21.06 seconds, just ahead of USA’s Jack Dolan in 21.07 who was in second place. Germany’s Marius Kusch […]

Grenada at the weekend marked the 41st anniversary of the events of the bloody collapse of its revolutionary government back in October 1983, the assassination of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop as well as several other cabinet ministers, and the subsequent invasion of the Eastern Caribbean island by American forces with Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell vowing to ensure these events are never forgotten. Speaking at a Heroes Day celebration in the […]

Brooklyn Assemblywoman Monique Chandler-Waterman and the 58th Assembly District Safety and Mental Health Taskforce have joined the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU), stakeholders and leaders in rallying for stronger safety measures for Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) workers following the recent stabbing of train conductor Myran Pollack who was critically injured and currently remains in critical care. Chandler-Waterman, the daughter of Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants, who represents the 58th Assembly […]