Haitian-born, New York City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse legislator said on Wednesday that she was heartbroken about the spiraling chaos and despair in her native country. “It is truly heartbreaking to watch from afar as my beloved Haiti continues to spiral into chaos and despair,” Narcisse, who represents the 46th Council District in Brooklyn, told… Read More

The department chairs at State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate College of Medicine and University Hospital on Wednesday said they were extremely concerned about a proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul to “transform” the major hospital in the epicenter of the Caribbean community in Brooklyn. “It is with extreme concern that the department chairs at… Read More

Describing Haiti’s worsening security and humanitarian situation as distressing, Guyanese President and current CARICOM Chairman, Irfaan Ali Thursday said regional leaders are working around the clock and non-stop to try to push Haitian stakeholders to a political consensus that could help stabilize the security situation in the regional bloc member nation. In brief remarks at… Read More

Considered a pastor “within a multinational/multicultural people”, the Rev. Derwin Grant, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church on Eastern Parkway, near Utica Avenue, in Brooklyn, says he has “mixed emotions” on the Israeli-Hamas War. “Knowing what the scripture teaches, the present reality is creating an internal struggle like many of you,” the Vincentian-born pastor told Caribbean… Read More

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three escaped inmates from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada were charged in the killing of a U.S. couple whose catamaran they hijacked, police said Thursday. Ron Mitchell, a 30-year-old sailor; Atiba Stanislaus, a 25-year-old farmer; and Trevon Robertson, a 23-year-old unemployed man, were charged with capital murder, escaping… Read More

Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair, Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and the Executive Committee of the Kings County Democratic County Committee said on Friday that they have endorsed three candidates for the position of Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York. Bichotte Hermelyn, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, who represents the 42nd Assembly… Read More

MIAMI (AP) — When Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry filled the void left by the assassination of the country’s president in 2021, he did so over the protest of wide segments of the population but with the full-throated support of the Biden administration. Now, almost three years later, Henry’s grip on power is hanging by… Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the capital of Port-au-Prince amid a fierce political battle for power. An initial three-day curfew was announced over the weekend, but gangs have continued to attack… Read More

State Sen. Zellnor Y. Myrie said on Tuesday that he was “pleased” with the massive turn-out at the rally to save from closing State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Hospital in the heart of the Caribbean community in Brooklyn. “Last Thursday, we rallied as a community against the governor’s proposal to shutter SUNY Downstate… Read More

MITO Settembre Musica e Nati per Leggere sono i due progetti della Città di Torino arrivati tra i finalisti del concorso Art Bonus, iniziativa del Ministero della Cultura per favorire lo sviluppo, il recupero e la valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale del nostro Paese e incentivare le donazioni a favore della cultura. ”Ben due progetti della Città di Torino… Read More