Yet another classic recipe from my childhood days growing up on the islands. Curry-Stewed Chicken with Pigeon peas (which were freshly picked / shelled) and potato, which was usually made when mom didn’t have a lot of chicken and needed to feed everyone. Photo by Chris De La Rosa You’ll Need… 3 lbs Chicken thighs… Read More

Being LGBTQ alone does not put a young person at higher risk for suicide, according to NYC Health. It said the discrimination, rejection, fear, and harassment that may come with being LGBTQ in an unsupportive environment are what increase the risk. “We want young LGBTQ people to know they are not alone, and the adults… Read More

“The Talk” by Darrin Bell c.2023, Henry Holt and Company $29.99 352 pages   Someone who was older than you taught you to tie your shoes. An elder showed you around a kitchen, a car, a workplace, a classroom, and the inside of a library. A lot of what you know has thoughtfully come from… Read More

Nurses who serve New York’s Health + Hospitals, the largest network of public hospitals in the United States, rallied at three public New York hospitals on Thursday, June 22 to protest their working conditions. The nurses said that they are fed up because they are understaffed and underpaid. Protests were also held at the Lincoln… Read More

Don’t Pass the Peppa Sauce team led by this year’s Schneps Media/ Caribbean Life Impact Awards Honoree Jordana Persad will hold an event celebrating the end of Caribbean Heritage Month on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at 8 p.m. at Duffy Square (Red Steps) in Times Square. This event comes fresh off the Caribbean Lens Film… Read More

The Jamaican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kamina Johnson Smith, has reported that Jamaica has suspended consulate services in Haiti because its consulate offices located in the nation’s capital, Port- au-Prince, came under attack last Monday night. In Johnson-Smith’s message to the Jamaica public, the minister said the Consulate offices, which are in the vicinity of… Read More

The United Voices of Praise (UVOP) at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church in Brooklyn on Saturday lifted up their voices mightily in giving “Praises in the Evening” as part of Caribbean-American Heritage Month celebrations. The choir, which was founded in May 2004, also held its first concert to raise much-needed funds for the century-odd old… Read More

It had been billed as a chance for the governing Indo-dominated People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to finally get a political grip on Georgetown, the capital city, and other urban areas, which have traditionally been controlled by the main opposition grouping but from all appearances, the status quo will remain from local government elections held in… Read More

Con le finali disputate oggi al Pala Gianni Asti, si chiuso il Campionato Europeo di volley dedicato alle Polizie che ha visto issarsi sul gradino più alto del podio la Germania che durante il torneo ha dimostrato qualità, continuità di risultati senza perdere un set. Al secondo posto la Grecia, squadra che ha messo in… Read More

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret, in the first case of two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began, forecasters said Friday. The historic event signals an early and aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season that began June 1 and whose… Read More