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Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson on Monday joined Bronx District Attorney Darcel. D. Clark, New York City Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, NYPD Patrol Borough Bronx Commander Benjamin Gurley, community leaders, youth advocates, and anti-gun violence leaders at Lou Gehrig Plaza to officially launch Gun Violence Awareness Month (GVAM) in the Bronx. With a disturbing rise in youth-related shootings and gun use, the Borough President and Bronx District Attorney used […]

Caribbean diplomats gathered on May 21 in a high-tech conference room at the Jamaican Consulate in Manhattan to face the urgent realities of diplomacy in the age of algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital disruption. According to the release, the inaugural ARIN Diplomatic Forum brought together consular leaders from across the CARICOM Consular Corps for an interactive exchange on the future of diplomacy in the digital era. The Forum was […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James won a court order on Thursday, June 5, stopping the Trump administration's mass closure of AmeriCorps programs and requiring the reinstatement of thousands of volunteers nationwide. On April 29, Attorney General James joined a coalition of 24 other states in suing the Trump administration to stop cuts to AmeriCorps after the administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) directed the agency to end the service […]

Haitian-American legislators and Caribbean-American U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke have collectively expressed profound outrage, strongly condemning President Donald J. Trump's immediate travel ban barring people from 12 countries, including Haiti, from entering the US.   Besides Haiti, Trump on Wednesday banned people from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the US. The US President also restricted travelers from Cuba, Venezuela, Burundi, […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch on Tuesday, June 3, announced that the NYPD has already removed more than 2,200 illegal firearms from New York City streets since the beginning of 2025 — bringing the total number of firearms seized since the start of Adams administration to 22,016. Adams said the significant firearm seizure figure represents more than 3,000 […]

Authorities in Trinidad Thursday rejected claims from Venezuela that heavily armed Colombian paramilitary groups had recently entered northeastern Venezuela via Trinidad, saying they had nevertheless initiated a formal probe of the allegations to determine what had exactly happened. Responding to President Nicolas Maduro's claims on Wednesday, Defense Minister Wayne Sturge said local officials have no evidence to confirm Venezuelan assertions but will nevertheless launch an investigation just to be sure. […]

West Indies captain/skipper Hayley Matthews has risen to a career-best second place in the ICC Women's T20I Batting Rankings following a magnificent performance against England recently. Matthews, who was awarded Player of the Series, dominated the three-match contest with 177 runs, scoring an unbeaten century in the opening game at Canterbury in England. Her escapade propelled her past India's Smriti Mandhana and Australia's Tahlia McGrath, reclaiming the No. 2 position […]

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) celebrated the achievements of exceptional women across the region's tourism landscape during its second annual Caribbean Women in Tourism Leadership Awards on Monday, June 1, the opening night of Caribbean Week in New York. An initiative of CTO Secretary-General Dona Regis-Prosper, the elegant, invitation-only dinner was held at The Westin New York at Times Square under the theme "Elegance and Excellence." With background entertainment by […]

In the wake of efforts by several Caribbean Community nations to banish colonial-era statues and symbols from public view, authorities in St. Vincent and The Grenadines say the time has come to take similar action. Minister of Finance Camillo Anthony Gonsalves used the opportunity of a recent speech at an African Liberation Day ceremony in the city to wonder why successive governments have not taken any steps to change the […]