A virtual Who’s Who in New York politics made their presence felt during Monday’s massive West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, Senate Major Leader Chuck Schumer, Congressional Reps. Hakeem Jeffries and Yvette D. Clarke, and New York Attorney General Letitia James were among a host of… Read More

The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) returns this September to celebrate its fifth season in New York City from Thursday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 10. BCLF said it celebrates Caribbean literature and the region’s history of storytelling, focusing on Caribbean writers at home in the region and throughout the Diaspora. Through the BCLF, “Caribbean… Read More

I LOVE Tomato Choka and if I’m being honest, I can probably have it everyday for the rest of my life. Such is the adoration I have for this tasty vegan dish. With that in mind and the fact that Canadian Winters can be severe, I try to process the tomato while the temperature is… Read More

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University’s 2nd Annual Community Healthy Lifestyle Fair, Celebrating Autism Awareness and Acceptance, will focus on the vibrant and diverse world of autism, celebrate neurodiversity, and foster understanding, compassion and acceptance for individuals on the autism spectrum. The free Annual Community Healthy Lifestyle Fair will occur on Saturday, Sept. 9, outside 445 Lenox Rd.,… Read More

Twenty-six-year-old beauty Lisa Narine on Sept.2 captured the hearts of the judges to become Miss Guyana Universe 2023 at the first edition curated by new franchisee, US-based Pageant Director Teri Brown-Walker. According to online media Pageant Circle, Narine, a creative coordinator, entrepreneur, and radio host from Region 3 Pomoroon-Supernaam, who holds a diploma in business… Read More

This Friday, Sept. 8, Calabar Gallery will host its Crown Heights Arts Stroll, featuring art galleries and businesses in the neighborhood, on Franklin, Washington and Nostrand avenues, following Labor Day weekend. The event has been going on since the first Friday of April this year. In addition to Calabar Gallery, four others will be taking… Read More

A whopping 1.4 million visitors arrived in Jamaica this summer, making this a 16 percent jump over the highest record in 2019. The chief contributors accounting for this influx of almost a 75 percent increase of all visitors, are Americans. This came as an announcement from the Director of Tourism, at the Jamaica Tourist Board,… Read More

The Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) have partnered with the Jamaica Customs Agency to make it mandatory for travelers to Jamaica to complete the Immigration/Customs (C5) Form before arriving in Jamaica. The Immigration/Customs (C5) Form is an entry requirement for persons traveling to the island, whether they are residents in Jamaica or visiting. Passengers… Read More

Antigua and Barbuda The Antigua and Barbuda government has rejected a proposal that would have allowed for the enactment of special legislation allowing the police to declare a limited state of emergency. The proposal had come from the Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney, in which he had highlighted the potential benefits of this initiative. Rodney had… Read More

In sweltering weather, with temperatures hovering around a high of 90 degrees Fahrenheit, over three million spectators and thousands of masqueraders and revelers converge on Monday, Labor Day, on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, for the annual, massive West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade. The parade – which took place along a 3 ½ mile-long-route, from Buffalo Avenue… Read More