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Haiti’s interim transitional government is struggling to remain intact in the wake of a growing corruption scandal involving three of its key members. The list of agencies and organizations calling for their departure grows weekly. Emmanuel Vertilaire, Louis Gérald Gilles, and Smith Augustin are accused of demanding payments of nearly $800,000 from the manager of the state-owned National Credit Bank (BNC) in exchange for him being allowed to keep his […]

Patrons came out in their finest attire last Friday to support the 16th Annual Calvary’s Mission Food Pantry Gala Dinner, whose undertaking was to raise much-needed cash to end food insecurity through a pantry-forward initiative. The charitable cause, very close to the hearts of the sold-out crowd, was the first to attract so many supporters since its inception. The Dyker Beach Golf Club in Brooklyn served delicious food while popular […]

The Bronx, Manhattan, and Westchester (BMW) Chapter of the Caribbean-American Nurses Association (CANA) on Saturday, Oct. 12, honored Barbadian-born Aston Greenidge with its Community Service Award and bestowed its surprise BMW/CANA Award on African-American Lloyd Griffin during its 28th Annual Vernese Weekes Scholarship Luncheon at Eastwood Manor on Eastchester Road in the Bronx. BMW/CANA Chapter also conveyed its Scholarship Award to Jamaican-born nursing student Kenya Simms.  Jamaican-born nursing student Kenya […]