“House of Cotton” by Monica Brashears c.2023, Flatiron Books       $27.99 304 pages   The role is yours, if you want it. You can play the part on a stage or in a film, but there are a few requirements: you have to be able to sing and dance and speak with an accent. Can… Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy got a whirlwind visit to Haiti on Saturday, but instead of being feted with a parade like in other countries it was only displayed during a small ceremony because of the country’s unrelenting violence. Meant to inspire future female soccer talent, the trophy was surrounded… Read More

More regional cricket is needed if West Indies Women’s Cricket is to thrive. So says T&T and Windward Islands Under-19 girls’ coaches Gibran Mohammed and Cleton Burnett, who believe the sport is currently at a crucial stage where more opportunity must be given  to younger players to assist their transition into the senior regional teams.… Read More

Dozens of tenants and community members held a protest at the Brooklyn home of State Sen. Kevin Parker on Wednesday, calling him out for allegedly putting wealthy donors over constituents by opposing Good Cause eviction protections and trying to water down state emissions standards, according to organizer, Housing Justice for All, a non-profit group. The… Read More

This year’s Schneps Media/ Caribbean Life Impact Awards Honoree Jordana Persad and her team are currently back at it again with a new “Don’t Pass the Peppa Sauce” production. This time it is a semi-modern Caribbean twist on William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” “Shakespeare is already dramatic. Now imagine Romeo and Juliet but if they… Read More

Well it has reached to the stage where some members of the business community in Trinidad want authorities to resume hanging to combat violent crime and a spate of home invasions, while others are calling for emergency measures to be imposed. As fear stalks the land in Trinidad, a number of regional chambers of commerce,… Read More

Nine adults and four youths were recently honored with plaques, proclamations, and citations for their excellence, in academic achievement, business, community service and education, at the recent 9th Annual GemStarr Entertainment Women Who Dare to Be Different Awards ceremony. The ceremony was held at the Theodore D. Young Community Center in White Plains, New York on… Read More

La Liberazione è la festa di tutte e tutti gli italiani. Dichiararsi antifascisti non implica necessariamente aderire a una specifica famiglia politica, se non per estensione a tutte le famiglie politiche che hanno fondato la nostra Repubblica e a tutte quelle che oggi vi si riconoscono e sono parte della nostra democrazia rappresentativa. È con… Read More

Prosegue l’impegno della Polizia locale sulle occupazioni abusive. È di 8 appartamenti di edilizia sociale recuperati il bilancio di una maxi operazione ancora in corso nel quartiere Atc di via Scarsellini che ha visto impegnati Polizia e Carabinieri, insieme agli agenti della Polizia Municipale e ai Servizi sociali. Si tratta di un’attività programmata nell’ambito del… Read More

La Metropolitana Automatica di Torino si prepara al prolungamento della tratta da Collegno a Cascine Vica e si dota di un nuovo sistema di gestione digitale denominato CBTC (Communication based train control). La nuova tecnologia, necessaria a uniformare i sistemi di comunicazione tra nuova e vecchia tratta, garantirà una maggior efficienza nell’esercizio della metropolitana e in… Read More