Tracy Lewis, a Brooklyn native of Guyanese descent, made history when she was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, becoming only the second Black female firefighter to attain such a position. Her promotion marked a significant triumph not only for herself but for the diversity and inclusion of women within the New York City Fire… Read More

American mega carrier United Airlines inaugurated its Texas to Georgetown flight on Monday providing direct competition to American Airlines which had dominated the so-called Guyana oil and gas air route from Houston to Georgetown for the past six years. But United, will for now, have an advantage over American as it is flying non-stop from… Read More

MADRID (AP) — Teenagers Lamine Yamal and Endrick took the spotlight as Brazil drew 3-3 with Spain on Tuesday in the “One Skin” international friendly that was set up to highlight the fight against racism after a series of insults aimed at the Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior. Vinícius was relatively quiet in a match… Read More

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga on Monday announced that, effective immediately, the city’s minimum pay rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers is increasing to at least $19.56 per hour before tips. The $19.56 rate reflects the 2024 phase-in rate… Read More

Si scrive PIU’, acronimo di Punto Informativo Unificato. Ma anche PIU’ come più informazioni, per cittadini e turisti. Inaugurano oggi in piazza Palazzo di Città 9/a, al piano terreno di Palazzo Civico, i nuovi locali destinati alle attività di informazione al pubblico, ripensati e riorganizzati per essere maggiormente fruibili ed offrire maggiori servizi. Il nuovo… Read More

Directors of Cricket West Indies (CWI) have expressed optimism that the organisation will continue as a going concern “for the foreseeable future.” In an independent auditor’s report on the consolidated financial statements of CWI for the year ending Sept. 30 last year  the organization recorded revenues of US$62.3 million and net income of US$14.25 million.… Read More

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico’s biggest and most important seaport began Wednesday amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit. Crews with California-based Curtin Maritime will remove nearly 3 million cubic yards (76 million cubic feet) of marine floor to open the San Juan Bay… Read More

As W.E.B. DuBois’ 156th birthday was celebrated on Feb. 23, WNED PBS’s original documentary The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights, which gives insight into the prominent Black leader, is now available for streaming. The film captures the conflict between sociologist, author and intellectual DuBois, Boston newspaper publisher William Monroe Trotter, and orator and educator Booker T.… Read More

Congressional Reps. Grace Meng (D-Queens) and Dan Goldman (D-Manhattan/Brooklyn) were among several persons who wrote a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday, requesting the expansion of New York City’s Fare-Free Bus Pilot Program. As New York State budget negotiations continue, the proposal to allocate appropriations of $45 million to expand a fare-free bus pilot… Read More

Just when most people thought that a new, multi stakeholder interim government was set to takeover in Haiti, restore some semblance of calm and invite foreign soldiers and police officers to take on heavily armed gangs disrupting life in the capital, the body Monday ran into political roadblocks with one of the factions objecting to… Read More