New Yorkers love their city, but they are very clear about what they don’t love about living here: noise, trash, illegal vending, open-air drug use, reckless driving, double parking, and other everyday offenses. These and many other quality-of-life issues affect not just the reality of public safety, but the feeling of safety that makes life… Read More

Il toro è caduto a metà. Il tradizionale Farò della vigilia di San Giovanni, un po’ indeciso, non è caduto tutto verso Porta Nuova, direzione che prospetterebbe un anno di buoni auspici, ma neppure nella direzione opposta, presagio di 12 mesi meno fortunati. Il toro issato in centro alla pira si è fermato al centro.… Read More

New Yorkers love their city, but they are very clear about what they don’t love about living here: noise, trash, illegal vending, open-air drug use, reckless driving, double parking, and other everyday offenses. These and many other quality-of-life issues affect not just the reality of public safety, but the feeling of safety that makes life… Read More

A thorn in the side for years of the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Guyanese authorities have announced plans and efforts to have a top Brooklyn-based political activist extradited to Guyana to face alleged extortion charges. Critics say that if American authorities agree to a request to send Rickford Burke back to his native Guyana… Read More

Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education — without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she applied to a local meat shop, hoping to find some form of employment. But even there, she was turned away –… Read More

With just $50 and a dream of a lasting legacy, Jamaican-born Andrew Morris tells his story of Sam’s Caribbean Marketplace in West Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, which he owns with his wife, Jean. “I often think back to 1979, when Jean and I, two teenagers from Jamaica, arrived in New York—separately, strangers to each… Read More

“The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery” by Clarence A. Haynes c.2026, Legacy Lit                                          $29.00                                         240 pages   You fit right in. Whatever it takes, that’s all right. Changing your mind and being one with the group is human nature. To relax your presence to maintain goodwill. To stay quiet and under the radar – but… Read More

As pop royalty Beyonce wrapped her six-night engagement in Tottenham, England, in Brooklyn, Nottingham-born British author John Masouri schooled New Yorkers on the impact of Jamaica’s home-grown music in the UK through the decades. Although the time difference across the Pond did not correspond with daylight savings time on the East Coast, fans of both… Read More

Guyanese-born reggae artist Colle’ Kharis is riding the musical wave of success with his new album, Lot 13. He said it is a deeply personal and culturally rooted collection of songs that continues to reflect his journey as an artist of Caribbean heritage.  “I am thrilled to announce the release of my new album, Lot 13,”… Read More

È partito questa mattina da Torino, con destinazione Rimini, un gruppo di 21 persone con disabilità che parteciperà ai soggiorni estivi finanziati dalla Città di Torino. Il ritrovo era fissato alle ore 7.30 nel parcheggio del Parco Ruffini, in corso Trattati di Roma. In partenza anche operatori e accompagnatori della Cooperativa L’Arcobaleno che, oltre a… Read More