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Though one of their numbers during Worship Service, at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC), on Sunday, July 20, was "Three Men on a Mountain," Brooklyn's Apostolic Voices are just that – three men on a mountain.  With their home church at Miller Evangelical Christian Union, 1110 President St. in Brooklyn, the pre-eminent Caribbean-born gospel singers continue to uplift lives spiritually, singing from "on high."  On Sunday, they brought that […]

Two-time World Cup champion, 37-year-old Andre Russell, has announced his retirement from his international career. Russell has represented the West Indies for the past 15 years and has played in more than 140 international matches. He was part of the 2012 and 2016 teams that won the T20 World Cup. Russell has played 84 T20Is for the West Indies, scoring 1078 runs at an average of 22 and a strike […]

A stunning half-century from Mitchell Owen and Cameron Green guided Australia to a three-wicket win over West Indies at Sabina Park in Jamaica. Set 190 for victory, the Aussie batters got to their target with seven balls to spare. A dream debut for Owen with the bat and ball as he took the key wicket of Shai Hope before scoring 50 off 27 to win the Player-of-the-Match award. He belted […]

Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Dr. Kishore Shallow expressed his full support for West Indies Head Coach Daren Sammy after former players called for his removal following an embarrassing loss in the recent Test series against Australia. The West Indies were bundled out for 27 runs in the second innings at Sabina Park, losing by a massive 176 runs and recording the second-lowest score in the history of Test cricket. […]

West Indies Captain Hayley Matthews secured yet another award in her already successful and dazzling career when she won the ICC's Women's Player of the Month award for June. This is the fourth time the 27-year-old Matthews has copped the award, ahead of her team-mate Afy Fletcher and South African opening batter Tazmin Brits. Matthews was awarded based on her impressive performance in the recently concluded ODI and T20I series […]

Bahamas The government of The Bahamas says a new study has found that one in five Bahamian students between the ages of 13 and 18 has attempted suicide. Prime Minister Phillip Davis described the 2025 Global School Health Survey as "staggering and heartbreaking. "There is no single cause, but we know the pressures are real: the expectations, the silence, the bullying, the economic strain at home, and the ever-growing influence […]

When Jocelyn Rivera launched The Pressplay Agency in 2017, it wasn’t just a passion project — it was a movement. Today, she is the founder and CEO of not one, but three ventures: Pressplay Agency, The Female Manager Co., and Staff Stars, a staffing company she built from the ground up. Rivera, who proudly represents her Trinidadian and Dominican heritage, says her mission has always been clear: to bridge gaps, […]

“Joy Goddess: A’Leila Walker and the Harlem Renaissance” by A’Lelia Bundles c.2025, Scribner                                                  $29.99                                             364 pages   Mama said. Mama said to be nice to others. Stand up for yourself, she said. You can do whatever you put your mind to. Stay out of trouble. Take care of yourself and those you love. Mama said many things that shaped your life, and in the new book “Joy Goddess” by […]

Ask any young person, senior citizen, or working-class New Yorker about the biggest issues facing our city and you’ll hear the same response: affordable housing. When our administration came into office, we were clear that our city could not afford to keep kicking the can down the road on housing; it was not enough to tinker around the edges of our housing crisis, and we could not pass the buck […]