The Board of Directors of the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) on Friday announced “World Stage 2023” New York Carnival Week, Thursday, Aug. 31 to Monday, Sept. 4, with live TV broadcast on Labor Day on ABC Channel 7 and WPIX 11, and “esteemed” Grand Marshals. Kicking off at the Brooklyn Museum Grounds.,… Read More

A school bus is passing under the railway bridge in the Bronx, New York city, USA. NYC School Bus (Possible) Strike: What Parents Need to Know Parents of public school children have been concerned this month about the possibility of a school bus strike in NYC. With the first day of school less than two… Read More

Maintaining a vow to control much of the lands at Grenada’s world famous Grand Anse Beach area, the governing National Democratic Party (NDC) administration has taken back a portion of lands the previous government had given to British Formula One race car champion Lewis Hamilton and will bring it under aegis of the state. Local… Read More

On the 87th anniversary of the establishment of the Jamaica Progressive League, Sadie Aarons-Campbell, its current president plan to restate her unflinching confidence in securing a Hopeful Village nationals from her Caribbean island will positively relate by reaffirming tenets prescribed by its founding members. Conceptualized from childhood memories of a radio broadcast about a fictionalized… Read More

With New York City Mayor’s Office predicting it will cost $12 billion to manage the refugee crisis over the next three years, homeless services nonprofit Win and immigrant justice advocacy organization New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) on Wednesday released a new report that reveals how expanding housing vouchers to undocumented Caribbean and other New Yorkers… Read More

NYS Senator Kevin Parker who represents the 21st District in Brooklyn, on Saturday August 27 planned a fun-filled atmosphere to welcomed students throughout Central Brooklyn and other parts of New York City,  to the 16th Annual Back-to-School Harvest Fest in Paerdegat Park, where 1500 backpacks loaded with school supplies and PPE, were distributed to start the… Read More

“Holler, Child: Stories” by LaToya Watkins c.2023 Tiny Reparations Books $28.00      224 pages   So why didn’t you…? Your life wasn’t random, there was a plan of some kind somewhere. Why didn’t you pick this path instead of that other, make this choice a priority, decide in favor of something else? Surely, you didn’t simply… Read More

Riprendono i lavori di Giunta e Consiglio Comunale dopo la pausa estiva. Le commissioni consiliari hanno ripreso a riunirsi questa mattina mentre è programmata per domani, martedì 29 agosto, la prima riunione della Giunta. Ad aprire il calendario dei lavori questa mattina, due commissioni consiliari dedicate ai servizi pubblici locali e al contrasto ai fenomeni… Read More

Labor Day Weekend in New York, home of the annual West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade – arguably the largest celebration of Caribbean cultures in the world – will get an infusion on reggae this year with a highly anticipated performance from Reggae Ambassadors Third World on Labor Day Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Westchester Reggae… Read More

Inspired by Zoe will present “Enhanced Garden” for the West Indian-American Carnival this Labor Day weekend, because of its uniqueness, according to band leader Assatu Rodriguez. “We wanted to go with ‘Enhanced Garden’ because, unlike an ordinary garden, the details being put into our creation is unique, improved, flawless — details of a garden,” Rodriquez,… Read More