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Former NFL football player Herschel Walker, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the Bahamas, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025.

Bahamas

U.S.-China in major row over Bahamian hospital

By Bert Wilkinson

Assembly MemberRodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn in her office in Flatbush.

Politics

Brooklyn Kings County Dems rescind endorsement of Hochul

By Nelson A. King

Former St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves.

Deportee request denied

By Bert Wilkinson

U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke.

Haiti

Caribbean pols, immigration advocates welcome Haiti TPS court ruling

By Nelson A. King

News

Mayor Mamdani joins DCWP and NYC Health + Hospitals to launch free tax prep services for New Yorkers

By Tangerine Clarke

Mayor of the City of New York Zohran K. Mamdani, center, with Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman, left, and owner of the Hills Restaurant Doris Rodney, after a 2025 walkabout in Little Caribbean in Brooklyn.

News

Mayor Mamdani joins DCWP and NYC Health + Hospitals to launch free tax prep services for New Yorkers

By Tangerine Clarke

The late Sybil Teresa Smith, 98, left, with loving son Roger Gary during one of their many outings in Brooklyn. She was laid to rest on Jan.28, after passing away on Jan. 21, 2026.

Guyana

Designer Roger Gary mourns mother Sybil Teresa Smith, 98

By Tangerine Clarke

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Prime Minister of Grenada The Hon. Dickon Mitchell attends the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 23, 2024 in New York City.

Antigua

Grenada weighs pact to accept non-national deportees

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Daryl Vaz.

News

Officials temper oil find excitement in Jamaica

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's new Ambassador to the United States, retired Major General, Antony Anderson.

Jamaica

Jamaica seeks expanded access to U.S. Work Visa Programs

By Dawn Plummer

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QNS

High School juniors launch LIFT to provide free tutoring for students in need

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso

News

On King Day: Elected kings & kingpins hail Dr. King in Kings County

By Vinette K. Pryce

From left are Queens College President Frank H. Wu, Chief Diversity Officer, Dean of Diversity, QC and Co-Chair of the Celebration Committee member Jerima DeWese, Dean of Arts and Sciences Simone L. Yearwood, celebration committee member, Journalist Carol Jenkins and Queens Borough President Donovan J. Richards Jr. during the presentation of the Martin Luther King Award from QC, to Jenkins, on Jan. 18, at a MLK commemoration in the Goldstein Theatre in Queens College in Flushing.

Queens

Music and memory fill Queens as MLK legacy takes center stage

By Tangerine Clarke

Hakeem Jeffries at National Action Network's MLK Day Public Policy Forum.

News

Jeffries urges unity, justice at MLK Day events

By Nelson A. King

The Rev. Melvin Boone, senior pastor at Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church (UMC) in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, says it’s “Time to Wake Up.”

News

Pastor Melvin Boone urges ‘Time to Wake Up’ during BUSS Rev. Dr. MLK celebration

By Nelson A. King

President of the New Jersey-based Guyana Heritage Foundation Inc, Lady Ira Lewis flashes a big smile, as the happy kids looks on during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the Lady Ira Family Empowerment (LIFE) Library in the small Agricola Village, on the East Bank of Demerara in Guyana. The very first public reading room was launched on Jan. 10, 2026.

Guyana

First public library opens in Agricola Village, boosting literacy in Guyana

By Tangerine Clarke

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Neelu, an Italian Greyhound, was killed by two Cane Corsos last week. His owner has called for more accountability for negligent dog owners. Photo via Neelu family.

Sunnyside dog owner calls for accountability mechanisms after Italian Greyhound ‘Neelu’ savagely killed on 47th Avenue

Julie Menin at the Interfaith Rally.

Advocates testify for package of bills aimed at protecting houses of worship and schools as NYPD raises some concerns

Julie Menin at the Interfaith Rally.

Advocates testify for package of bills aimed at protecting houses of worship and schools as NYPD raises some concerns