Barbadian-born Band Leader Melissa Lynch says Vibez International Mas will portray “Goddess of the Grove” this Labor Day Carnival, which evokes a “powerful symbolic meaning and can refer to various deities associated with nature, forests, sacred groves, and fertility.” Lynch, who grew up in Canarsie, Brooklyn, told Caribbean Life on Monday, July 28, that while… Read More

A Guyanese military pilot helping to ferry a light aircraft from the US to South America was critically injured when the Cessna 210 crashed as it approached the main Howard Hamilton International Airport in Providenciales in The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) on Tuesday, officials said. Captain Dwight Bonus, known more as a rotor-wing pilot… Read More

The McGowan Foundation, Inc., hosted a delightful 4th Annual Scholarship Awards in Brooklyn on July 13. This event was a proud, powerful, and poignant milestone in the Foundation’s mission to uplift, educate, and inspire. President N. Melissa Harding set the tone for the event as the Mistress of Ceremonies. She continues to lead the charge… Read More

Max Glazer is back at it again for an encore performance at the Central Library Plaza located at 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238 on Aug. 8, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. His last performance in July was nothing short of amazing. Join Glazer outside the Central Library in Brooklyn for an… Read More

One match away from a clean sweep as Australia secured an exciting three-wicket win in the fourth T20I against the West Indies at Warner Park in St. Kitts. After a top-order collapse, West Indies scored 205 for 9 from their 20 overs. However, brilliant power hitting from Glenn Maxwell and half-centuries by Josh Inglis and… Read More

In a pivotal episode of the seminal Garifuna Experience Podcast, Honduran-born host José Francisco Ávila, chair of the Board of Directors of the Bronx-based Garifuna Coalition, U.S.A., Inc., on Jul. 22, unearthed a remarkable, nearly 200-year-old piece of New York City history, diving into “The Drama of King Shotaway.” The Garifuna, an ethnic group of… Read More

Questo pomeriggio la Vicesindaca Michela Favaro ha accolto una delegazione di 26 studenti provenienti dall’Università di Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam, in visita-studio nel capoluogo piemontese dal 28 al 31 luglio. La delegazione, guidata da Nguyen Minh Hieu, docente del Dipartimento di Interior Design della Tôn Đức Thắng University, insignito nel 2023 dell’onorificenza di… Read More

Un giardino più accessibile, vivibile e dotato di nuove attrezzature ludiche inclusive: è questo il nuovo volto del giardino di piazza Basilicata, nel quartiere Mirafiori Nord, restituito alla cittadinanza al termine degli interventi di riqualificazione. Nel dettaglio, l’area giochi è stata arricchita da cinque nuovi giochi, accessibili e inclusivi, con la manutenzione dei giochi a… Read More

È di 10 sanzioni il bilancio di una serie di controlli della Polizia Locale avvenuti lo scorso sabato sera e volti a contrastare il fenomeno della “mala movida”.Le verifiche hanno interessato in modo particolare esercizi pubblici e minimarket sul territorio della Circoscrizione Sette e sono state dirette anche ad accertare il rispetto del divieto di… Read More

Brooklyn Canarsie Lions Club President Jean Joseph was sworn in for a fourth one-year term on Tuesday, July 22, during an elaborate Installation and Award Ceremony at Community Board 18 on Bergen Avenue in Canarsie, Brooklyn.  “I feel both immense gratitude and a renewed sense of responsibility to stand before you again, re-elected as president… Read More