BARBADOS The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) recently predicted that visitor arrivals to the region this year will surpass the pre-coronavirus pandemic figures as the Caribbean recorded a significant increase in tourist arrivals last year. CTO acting Secretary General Neil Walters said in a news conference that nearly 90 percent of the region’s travel demand… Read More

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital wrapped up its celebration of Black History Month on Feb. 10 with a very special guest Ndaba Mandela, grandson of the late Nelson Mandela. St. John’s was the first hospital that Mandela visited on his trip to New York. His presence filled up the board room of the hospital with great… Read More

Per accedere alla Zona a Traffico Limitato non sarà più rilasciato alcun supporto cartaceo.  La Giunta Comunale, su proposta dell’Assessora alla Transizione Digitale Chiara Foglietta, ha approvato questa mattina la delibera che dispone la dematerializzazione dei contrassegni di circolazione in ZTL. Oggetto del provvedimento i permessi di circolazione Blu e Arancione, destinati rispettivamente ai possessori… Read More

As we go into the second year of our administration, I am proud that we have made real progress on the issue that matters so deeply to all New Yorkers: public safety. The numbers are in, and the news is good: Major crime in our city is down. From serious crimes like murder and shootings… Read More

As we go into the second year of our administration, I am proud that we have made real progress on the issue that matters so deeply to all New Yorkers: public safety. The numbers are in, and the news is good: Major crime in our city is down.  From serious crimes like murder and shootings… Read More

Oltre 750 sindaci e delegati provenienti da 160 città d’Europa e di tutto il mondo arriveranno a Torino il 16 e 17 marzo per la quinta edizione del Cities Forum, il più importante evento dedicato alle politiche urbane che la Direzione Generale per la Politica Regionale e Urbana della Commissione Europea organizza a cadenza biennale.… Read More

Fashion designer Glenroy March came together with patrons, and compatriots in a colorful festive style on Friday, March 10, at the Consulate General of Jamaican New York, to celebrate the launch and book-signing of “The Allure.” The triumph coffee table book chronicles the visionary’s 20-year journey in fashion. The pages are adorned with colorful collections… Read More

Gregory Robeson Smith Jr., the Most Worshipful Grandmaster of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge State of New York was recently honored by Sen. Kevin Parker at a special ceremony in Albany, during the concluded annual New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislators Inc. Legislative Caucus Conference.   “It is an honor… Read More

Allan A. Fenty, who died while asleep in his homeland Guyana on Feb. 11, at age 78, was remembered as a Guyanese cultural giant, a sage in the field of folklore, communications and public relations, by Claire A. Goring, executive director of New York’s Guyana Cultural Association, (GCA) organizers of the annual Brooklyn folk festival.… Read More

Jamaica captured the triple crown during Women’s History Month when two prominent citizens from the Caribbean island received Ethiopia’s highest honors of distinction from His Imperial Highness Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, grandson of former Emperor Haile Selassie I. The awards also extended acknowledgement of the island’s indigenous Rastafarians who revere the royal as a descendant… Read More