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Canada PM meets with President of the Transitional Presidential Council of Haiti, Barbados PM
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney met on Tuesday, Sept. 23, with President of the Transitional Presidential Council of Haiti, Laurent Saint-Cyr, and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley. The Government of Canada said Carney met with both leaders on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Debate in New York.… Read More
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Scholarship launched to help UWI students
The Vincent and Patricia Foundation, in partnership with the Institute of Caribbean Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus officially launched the Vincent and Patricia (VP) Entertainment Cultural Enterprise Management (ECEM) scholarship at the Mona Campus on Sept. 9, 2025. This award will provide tuition assistance and… Read More
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AGs push back on attempts to deny climate change
New York Attorney General Letitia James is co-leading a coalition of attorneys general, counties, and cities in a series of actions opposing the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unlawful proposal to rescind its landmark 2009 Endangerment Finding, which established that greenhouse gas emissions drive climate change and pose a threat to public health and welfare.… Read More
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Editorial | How can New York trust ICE without verifying them?
No fewer than a dozen elected officials — people chosen by the voters to seats in government to represent their interests — came to 26 Federal Plaza on Thursday seeking answers about ICE’s treatment of immigrant detainees being held there. They were not only denied entry to the 10th-floor holding area, where many detainees are… Read More
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Salone Auto Torino 2025: modifiche della viabilità nei giorni dell’evento
Dal 26 al 28 settembre 2025, nel cuore di Torino, tra Piazza Castello, Piazzetta Reale e i Giardini Reali, si terrà il Salone dell’Auto, evento a ingresso gratuito per il quale si annuncia una grande presenza di appassionati e visitatori. Per garantire la corretta logistica della manifestazione e facilitare l’accesso dei partecipanti, saranno adottate alcune… Read More
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Piazza Bengasi: inizia la trasformazione con il nuovo parcheggio di interscambio e l’area mercatale rinnovata
A partire da mercoledì 1° ottobre 2025 non sarà più possibile accedere alla porzione est dell’attuale parcheggio in piazza Bengasi. La chiusura dell’area segna l’avvio delle operazioni principali del cantiere per la realizzazione del nuovo parcheggio interrato di interscambio, collegato alla stazione della metropolitana, e per la riqualificazione complessiva della piazza, che tornerà a ospitare… Read More
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New book exposes the ‘Double Tax’ facing Black consumers
“The Double Tax: How Women of Color are Overcharged and Underpaid” by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, foreword by Chelsea Clinton c.2025, Portfolio $29.00 256 pages Your favorite Uncle will want to hear from you in about six months, maybe sooner. He’ll want to talk about your wallet, first and foremost. He’ll be interested in… Read More
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Brooklyn artist unveils collection at Black Art Matters pop-up tour, inspired by family, nature, ancestors
Inspired by nature and her ancestors, Brooklyn-born painter Tara, on Sept. 13, showcased an exceptional collection of paintings, she said, developed during the COVID-19 pandemic when she needed an outlet to create and felt the urge to paint. The novice painter, however, never knew that by picking up a brush and acrylic would ultimately produce… Read More
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Caribbean Americans United in Support of Mamdani for Mayor officially launches
Caribbean Americans United in Support of Mamdani for Mayor (CAUISOMM) was launched virtually on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. During the Zoom meeting, CAUISOMM launched its program to put Democratic Party nominee Zohran Kwame Mamdani in New York City’s City Hall. In his introductory remarks, Ernest Skinner, CAUISOMM’s Trinidadian-born founder, said that the motivation for… Read More
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Walcott takes gold, Peters cops silver
Trinidad and Tobago’s Keshorn Walcott delivered an exceptional performance to capture gold in the men’s javelin at the World Athletics Championships in Japan. Grenada’s Anderson Peters in action at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 during the Men’s Javelin Throw Final at the Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan on Sept. 18, 2025.REUTERS/Edgar Su The 32-year-old… Read More
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