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Family members and friends gathered on July 13, 2025, to honor outstanding students at the 4th Annual Empowering Dreams Across Borders: The McGowan Foundation, Inc.

Guyana

Dream big: McGowan Foundation awards bright futures at 4th Annual Gala

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From left, First Deputy Commissioner NYPD, Tonia Kinsella of Guyanese lineage, Chief Technology Officer for New York Matthew C. Fraser, of Guyanese lineage, Mayor Eric L. Adams, Consul General to New York, Michael E. Brotherson, honorees Claire Patterson-Monah, Sherif Fraser, Isiah Chappelle, and Elton Dharry, holding Citation, during a dynamic heritage reception on July 22, at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan.

Guyana

Mayor Adams honors five, applauds Guyanese values at dynamic Gracie Mansion gathering

By Tangerine Clarke

President of the Guyana American Heritage Foundation, Lady Ira Lewis, all smiles, with a glass statue and bouquet of flowers received from Senator Britnee Timberlake, showing a peace sign at the July 13 Annual Guyana Caribbean Family Fund Day at Monte Irvin Orange Park, Orange, New Jersey.

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Timberlake salutes Lady Ira Lewis with top honor at spirited Guyana Fun Day

By Tangerine Clarke

Mayor Eric Adams.

Adams launches major housing project with 385 affordable units in East New York

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Timothy Innis, acting CEO, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority shakes the hand of Chairman of Blumberg Grain, Phillip Blumberg, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding, as Minister of Finance Ashni Singh, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, and US Ambassador to Guyana Nicole Theriot, look on. The hub will be established at Yarrowkabra, on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

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Blumberg Grain to launch regional agri-hub in Guyana to boost food security

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From left, Patrick Victor, proprietor of Mr. P's Homemade Ice Cream shop, NYC Councilmember Rita Joseph,District 40, and a supporter in front of the 1397 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn colorful facade on Juneteenth, June 19, where scores of free scoops were shared in the Little Caribbean community.

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Mr. P’s Homemade Ice Cream, made with love, honors Juneteenth with free scoops

By Tangerine Clarke

Dancers entertained the large crowd at the 2024 Folk Festival at the Old Boys High School grounds, at 746 Rutland Rd., Brooklyn.

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Guyana Cultural Association NY marks 25th Anniversary with Summer–Fall cultural series

By Tangerine Clarke

Guyanese-born Colle' Kharis, drops fourth album Lot 3.

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Colle’ Kharis turns the page with Lot 13, a bold new musical journey

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Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso

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Reynoso, Dillane kick off citywide search for rising fashion talent

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Organizers, Sherry Williams, and Trudy King, joined honorees, (no particular order) Israel Gonzalez, Gabriel Espinal, Marie Durand, Zahid Razak, Norman Frater, Shivani Collado, and Xavier Rodrigues. and legislators, Dorothy L. Goosby, fifth from left, (for which the Plaza was named), seventh from left, Town Clerk Kater Murray, and Zahid Syed, at end, at the Hempstead Town Board & the Department of Community Affairs Caribbean Heritage Month Celebration on June 6, 2025.

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Hempstead Town honors Caribbean Heritage Month with celebration at Goosby Plaza

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Guyanese-American honorees from left, Shivika Rajkisore, Jessica Balgobin, Mohamed Q. Amin, Candace E. Prince-Modeste, Latchman Budhai, Aminta Keliwan-Narine, Ashook Ramsaran, and Vikash Narine, and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards. The expats were honored for their contributions to the borough on May 29 at QBH 59th Independence celebration.

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Queens Borough president honors Guyana’s brightest at inaugural Independence Celebration

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Juneteenth Freedom Day, June 19 poster.

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Celebrate Juneteenth 2025: A Week of Learning, Lifting, and Legacy | June 12–19

By Tangerine Clarke

Screen grab of diplomats and attendees pictured after the ARIN Diplomat forum on artificial intelligence (AI), and digital disruption, at the Jamaica Consulate in New York City.

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Caribbean diplomats convene in NY for Dialogue on Digital Diplomacy

By Tangerine Clarke

Volunteers joined Japneet Singh, third from left in City Council District 28 to share BBQ dinner on Memorial Day, May 26, as he ramps up his campaign for the term-limit seat.

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Join the movement — Japneet Singh is bringing District 28 together!

By Tangerine Clarke

Aisha Kelly, Norma Clarke’s great granddaughter, and a Georgia college student, presented a Proclamation from the Office of NYS Senator Roxanne J. Persaud during the senior citizen's 95th birthday celebration in Canarsie on May 10, 2025.

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Canarsie’s Norma Clarke honored with State Proclamation on 95th birthday

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Consul General Ambassador Michael E. Brotherson, Bharati Kemraj (with Mayor's office Citation) Mayor Eric L. Adams, Manuel Castro, Richard David, First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella, Sookranie Dhanpat, NYPD Officer, and Marcia Martinez, pictured with the Guyana Gateway in Brooklyn & Little Guyana in Queens and the Bronx immigrant poster, in honor of the country's 59th Independence Anniversary, flag raising on May 23.

Guyana

Mayor Eric L. Adams presents Guyana with Proclamation in honor of the nation’s 59th Anniversary of Independence at a flag-raising ceremony in Manhattan

By Tangerine Clarke

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