Nel mese di Giugno 2024 a seguito della rilevazione dei prezzi effettuata dall’Ufficio di Statistica della Città, l’indice complessivo dei prezzi al consumo per l’intera collettività (NIC) è risultato pari al 119,1 (Base Anno 2015=100) segnandouna variazione del -0,2% rispetto al mese precedente e del +0,5% rispetto al mese di Giugno 2023 (tasso tendenziale). I prezzi dei prodotti ad alta frequenza d’acquisto segnalano -0,4% sul mese precedente e +1,6% su giugno 2023.… Read More

E’ partito questa mattina, dal piazzale fronte al Parco della Pellerina, all’angolo con corso Appio Claudio, un gruppo di persone con disabilità diretto a Marina di Ravenna per il soggiorno estivo organizzato dalla Cooperativa Sociale l’Arcobaleno. Trentacinque persone che, nelle prossime due settimane, potranno godere di giornate dedicate al divertimento e al relax, con operatori… Read More

Loaded with huge suitcases and boxes of clothing, food items and toiletries, among other things, a 13-member contingent of community leaders and volunteers in Canarsie, Brooklyn, led by Trinidadian-born Assemblywoman Jaime Williams, on Monday headed to the tri-island nation of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, carrying relief supplies, especially to the Hurricane Beryl-ravaged Grenada sister-isles… Read More

Percy Haynes, a legendary Guyanese-born public servant, and communications media giant, who passed away on Thursday, June 27, was celebrated as a well-loved, brilliant, and spiritual man, during a home going service on Sunday, July 7. He was 94. Friends, family, and colleagues packed St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church at 331 Hawthorne St. in Brooklyn, the… Read More

“Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist” by Jasmin Graham c.2024, Pantheon Books                                 $28.00                                     213 pages   Oh, those teeth! Your finger practically bleeds just looking at them: three rows of perfect, razor-sharp white triangles that you know are gonna hurt. They’re inside a mouth made for swallowing you whole, that’s obvious, but… Read More

Authors of potential best selling books often junketeer their compilations using mainstream media as their platform to ‘sell’ their argument to large audience. Often after making a case in promoting a product that could make the New York Times bestseller list or Oprah Winfrey’s coveted endorsement, some even hold up the cover for a picture-perfect… Read More

Parte in questi giorni a Torino lo Smoke Automatic Detection (SAD), il primo progetto in Europa finanziato tramite i Bandi a Cascata dall’Ecosistema dell’innovazione NODES nell’ambito del programma dell’Unione Europea NextGenerationEU (Pnrr), che permette di individuare tempestivamente focolai di incendio nei territori montani. Un monitoraggio reso possibile dall’installazione di telecamere equipaggiate con un software di Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)… Read More

The Brooklyn Democratic Party and the 67th Police Precinct Clergy Council in Brooklyn, otherwise known as The GodSquad, Saturday night strongly condemned the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., a town about 34 miles north of Pittsburgh. “The Brooklyn Democratic Party strongly condemns the perpetrators who fired… Read More

The Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA swimming pool was packed with youngsters who were giddy with laughter, as they enjoyed cooling down during the sweltering summer days, thanks to Senator Kevin Parker, and the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc- Eta Nu Sigma Chapter Brooklyn Alumnae who made this annual event a success. The lawmaker joined the youngsters recently… Read More

Haitian DJ Michael Brun on June 15 kicked off BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!’s summer festival, the longest running free performing arts festival in New York City, drawing thousands to Prospect Park. BRIC – a leading arts and media institution anchored in Downtown Brooklyn, whose work spans contemporary visual and performing arts, media and civic action –… Read More