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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An ex-police officer considered by many to be Haiti’s most powerful gang leader warned Wednesday that he would fight any international armed force deployed to the Caribbean country if it commited any abuses. Jimmy Chérizier, best known as “Barbecue,” also urged Haitians to mobilize against the government. “We are asking the… Read More

New York City Mayor Eric Adams last Wednesday laid out updated figures the asylum seeker crisis will cost the city over the next two fiscal years if swift action is not taken by the state and federal governments to further help manage this emergency. Adams said the city has already spent $1.45 billion in Fiscal… Read More

The thundershowers held up magnificently last Thursday evening for the spectacular, official kick-off at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum of the annual West Indian-American Day Carnival Week in Brooklyn. Hundreds – including Mayor Eric Adams and other elected officials, carnival lovers and masqueraders – witnessed the ceremony, hosted by carnival organizer, the West Indian-American Day Carnival… Read More

Guyanese Shemina Peroune was crowned Miss Caribbean Culture 2023 on Aug. 7, becoming the first woman from her country to win the title, according to Loop Caribbean News. The online outlet said the pageant, which was held in Nevis, saw contestants from nine Caribbean countries compete in a variety of categories, including interview, talent, swimwear,… Read More

Preparations for the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) much-anticipated State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) are well underway, with the program set to take place at The Shore Club Turks & Caicos on Providenciales from Oct. 9-13, 2023. CTO said on Monday that its business meetings and destination media briefings will precede the official conference program,… Read More

United States President Joseph Biden has bestowed the US Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award on Trinidadian Hazra Ali. Ali – the Community Lead person for New York City Mayor Eric L. Adams and who coordinates Adams’ Caribbean-American Heritage celebration at Gracie Mansion, the Mayor’s official residence in Upper Manhattan – received the award for her “lifelong… Read More

Local leaders gathered on the steps of the Brooklyn Borough Hall on Tuesday to admonish the federal government for its lack of assistance in serving the nearly 100,000 asylum seekers who have arrived in the city since last spring. Borough President Antonio Reynoso was joined by Mayor Eric Adams and a cohort of city and… Read More

The World Bank has approved a US$8 million grant that will exclusively focus on improving mental health services in Sint Maarten. The Washington-based financial institution said on Aug. 8 that the Improving Mental Health Services Project is the 12th project to be approved as part of the Sint Maarten Trust Fund Program.  First proposed in 2021, the World… Read More

New York City is home to people from all over the world. We may eat different foods and speak different languages, but in the end, we all want things: jobs, good schools for our children, public safety, and a chance to live the American Dream. A central part of that dream is an affordable home,… Read More