The stage is set to commemorate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with two days of exciting performances as part of the annual BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn outdoor festival at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park. On Friday, August 11, Celebrate Brooklyn will present a concert with headliner Digable Planets, the unapologetic precursors of the Afro-Future… Read More

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday that a Jamaican national, who was previously extradited to the United States from Jamaica, has pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in connection with a fraudulent Jamaica-based lottery scheme that targeted elderly victims in the United States.… Read More

Vincentians in New York on Saturday paid their last respects to popular community worker and economist Auton Everett “Frankie” George, who died on July 3. He was 78. George, a founding and active member of Club St. Vincent, Inc., a cultural and educational organization in Brooklyn, succumbed to cancer, according to Raymond Kydd, who is… Read More

The Biden administration on Sunday congratulated Jamaica on its 61st anniversary of political independence from Great Britain. “On behalf of the US government and the American people, I send my sincere congratulations to Jamaica as you celebrate the 61st anniversary of your independence,” said Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in a brief statement. “We… Read More

The boroughs last weekend kicked off a slew of events to celebrate the historic 50th Anniversary of hip-hop, the legendary genre of music that took America by storm, with artists like the Notorious B.I.G, and Pop Smoke Brooklyn natives, who both died tragically. Mayor Eric Adams, who spearheaded a series of hip-hop block parties to… Read More

A mother and daughter from Antigua and Barbuda will be the first in space this week when they join Virgin Galactic 02, the second commercial spaceflight from Richard Branson’s exploration company. The pair won a competition with the commercial space flight company, according to ABC News.  The network reported on Monday that the mission will… Read More

As New York City Mayor Eric Adams traveled to Washington on Thursday to meet with Congressional legislators and Biden administration officials on the challenges facing Caribbean and other asylum seekers in New York City, Caribbean-American New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has called for a “federal agenda” to support asylum seekers. On Wednesday, Williams,… Read More

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has welcomed Kenya’s willingness to play a leading role in Haiti, saying that it continues to closely monitor the situation in the French-speaking Caribbean country and “the aspects derived from it. “In this regard, the General Secretariat welcomes with appreciation the announcement by the Government… Read More

Sono partiti in 15, destinazione Porto Maurizio, quartiere di Imperia in Liguria, come stabilito dal programma dei soggiorni estivi per le persone con disabilità della Città di Torino. L’appuntamento questa mattina in via Mottarone 6, dove 11 persone del gruppo –  tra cui Antonio, 80 anni – vivono negli appartamenti gestiti dalla cooperativa sociale Anteo.… Read More

I numeri da record dell’ultima edizione del Torino Jazz Festival fanno salire le sue quotazioni nella valutazione del Ministero della Cultura: due punti in più sul 2023 e un incremento dei finanziamenti per il prossimo anno. Dal 2022 il Torino Jazz Festival è entrato nel novero delle iniziative sostenute dal Ministero della Cultura. A distanza di un… Read More