The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported that after meeting last week with the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) and participated in their road safety reviews, in a statement later released it has been confirmed that despite proactive efforts by the government of Jamaica through the NRSC and its members the death toll remains alarmingly… Read More

Bahamian authorities say the country is frighteningly short of labor and bodies to develop the mini archipelago off Florida going forward. Veteran Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell told reporters that the country is headed to a population crisis and would need both foreign labor and an increase in numbers to sustain a healthy nation. He was… Read More

The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York, claims that the Adams administration’s preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2025 has left Caribbean and other asylum seekers “out in the cold.” Many of the migrants and asylum seekers arriving in… Read More

The colorful tapestry of quotes – “You don’t have to see the Whole Staircase, Just take the first Step,” and “There can be Unity when there isn’t Uniformity,” weaved by Dr. Martian Luther King Jr. were put into practice by Together We Serve- a Richmond Hill food pantry, Power of the Soil, an agricultural-based non-profit,… Read More

The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Selection Panel has named both 15-man squads to play against Australia in three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and three T20 Internationals (T20Is) from Feb. 2-13, 2024. The ODI squad features two debutants, Grenadian top-order batsman Teddy Bishop and Guyanese wicketkeeper-batsman, Tevin Imlach. Bishop has impressed with the bat for the… Read More

Dopo il bando AAAPadova aperto a fine 2023, il secondo bando del concorso ingaggia i progettisti under33 con un contest di idee sui temi della rigenerazione urbana nel cuore della città di Torino. E’ stato presentato oggi all’Urban Lab Torino il secondo bando della sesta edizione del concorso ideato per scoprire giovani talenti e per diffondere la cultura dell’abitare cooperativo da Confcooperative Habitat, la… Read More

The image is chilling in its overt and malevolent celebration of the brutal Hamas attack of October 7, in which more than 1,200 Israeli civilians died. Released by the national office of Black Lives Matter (BLM) in Chicago and featured on X, with the slogan “I Stand With Palestine,” the meme portrays a Hamas fighter… Read More

Now that the New York State legislature is back in session, it’s imperative for our lawmakers in Albany to do more to compensate injured workers who sustain Long Covid. The time is now for our legislators to act. Albany must ensure that those who worked in New York State and sustained Long Covid as a… Read More

Police units in Suriname have begun raids at homes and facilities linked to former President Desi Bouterse in the wake of his failure to report to prison to begin serving a 20-year sentence for mass murders, while the cabinet has seized vehicles and have withdrawn state security guards from him. Bouterse, 78, was to report… Read More

Hundreds of Caribbean and other nationals on Saturday attended and participated in Caribbean Life’s Health & Wellness Exposition at the Major R. Owens Health and Wellness Community Center on Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. More than 20 vendors participated in the event that also featured a presentation by LiveOnNY. Besides, LiveOnNY, vendors included: CenterLight… Read More