Curry Chicken With Potato And Spinach is a HIT in my home, especially when we have buss-up-shut (paratha) roti to dip into that rich flavorful gravy and scoop tender pieces of chicken with pieces of potato, in the same motion. Photo by Chris De La Rosa You’ll Need… 3 lbs chicken (legs with back) cut… Read More

New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York State Education Department (NYSED) Commissioner Betty A. Rosa have issued guidance reminding New York public schools and local education agencies of their obligation to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in educational planning and decision-making. As states and school districts across the country adopt exclusionary educational policies that deny… Read More

As New York City nears the arrival of 100,000 asylum seekers since last spring, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams has questioned the Eric Adams administration’s new 60-day shelter stay limit for adult Caribbean and other migrants and refugees. Many of the asylum seekers are nationals of Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela.  During a… Read More

Hundreds of Brooklyn residents danced and screamed with excitement as Hip-hop, soul, and reggae music filled Wingate Park during Borough President Antonio Reynoso’s summer concert series that featured iconic artists on August 8. Reynoso, who gave a shoutout to his predecessor Marty Markowitz for the vision that started the concert series back in the 70’s,… Read More

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti. The call by Human Rights Watch comes as Haiti awaits a response from the U.N. Security Council to its request in October for the immediate deployment of an… Read More

Immigration advocates in New York have urged the Federal Government to “step up and increase” support for Caribbean and other asylum seekers. The call came as the US Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday sent an “assessment team” to New York City to evaluate the ability of the state and city to handle the ongoing… Read More

Themed: Caricom @ 50 Recognizing and Celebrating Its New York Roots, the Guyana Cultural Association of New York Inc., organizers of the Annual Folk Festival, will honor individuals, and organizations at its August 30 awards at The Boathouse, Prospect Park, 101 East Drive in Brooklyn.  The award ceremony will begin its in-person and streaming (Facebook)… Read More

Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and the Executive Committee of the Kings County Democratic County Committee endorsed six candidates for the position of Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County at an in-person meeting of the leaders on Monday. The Supreme Court candidate endorsements are Judge Heela… Read More

A Guyanese attorney representing the teenager accused of deliberately setting fire to an indigenous jungle school dormitory killing 20 fellow students in May plans to sue the state prosecutor’s office for malicious detention contending that she is being made a scapegoat for administrative and safety lapses at the school. Dexter Todd said this week that… Read More

As the United Nations has declared Aug. 11 as World Steelpan Day, the Trinidad and Tobago Consulate General in New York, with the support of the Brooklyn-based mas band, Sesame Flyers International Inc., is on Friday presenting Pan in Times Square. “Times Square is the most visited spot on earth and perfect for letting the… Read More