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Noni Styles is the epitome of elegance and exquisite design concepts, thanks to Nigerian-born fabricator Nonye Anyadiegwu, whose cultural African roots and upbringing inspire her colorful collections. Noni, as she is fondly called, is a brilliant designer. Her Brooklyn boutique is adorned with one-of-a-kind pieces. She is putting on the final touches to a new line of women’s clothing, wedding gowns, and male garments for her upcoming 11th Annual Fashion […]

A federal judge in the Southern District Court of New York has ruled in favor of famous Guyanese singer Eddy Grant in a lawsuit against former US President Donald J. Trump for copyright infringement. After four years of litigation between Grant and Trump, Judge John G. Koeltl ruled on Friday that Trump was liable for infringing Grant’s rights by using Grant’s “Electric Avenue“ in an ad in his 2020 presidential […]

When Oral Patrick lost his job as a computer systems engineer on the 83rd floor of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center on 9/10/2001, he assumed his future had ended. According to his account, the superior who summoned him to an office to inform him of his termination unfairly chose him to be the first victim of what was described as a scaling down of staffers. Patrick said […]

A total of 24 Jamaican soldiers and police officers are headed to Haiti where they will eventually join up with local police and about 400 Kenyan colleagues as part of a multinational force battling heavily armed gangs disrupting life in the CARICOM member nation, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said Tuesday. Announcing the pre-deployment of 20 soldiers and four policemen, PM Holness said Jamaica had been ready for most of the […]

Brooklyn Council Member Mercedes Narcisse says she hosted a very successful Back to School Health Fair and Backpack Giveaway on Saturday at the South Shore High School Field in Canarsie, Brooklyn. “The event saw a fantastic turnout from local families and community members, with the day filled with activities, health services, and support for students returning to school,” Narcisse, the Haitian-born representative for the 46th Council District in Brooklyn, told […]

The Jamaica Consulate General in New York says that the Jamaican community in New York will be able to engage directly with Prime Minister Andrew Holness during a Town Hall meeting at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, at 6 p.m. “The Consulate General of Jamaica has organized this event to bring together members of the Jamaican Diaspora and others interested […]

Caribbean Community governments continue to celebrate and honor athletes who won medals at the recent Paris Summer Olympics, with St. Lucia getting ready to roll out the red carpet for global sprint queen Julien Alfred later this month following similar high-energy events in neighboring Dominica and Grenada recently. Alfred beat a star-studded field to win the 100-meter sprint race and came back hours later to pick up a silver medal […]

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 […]