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Book cover of “The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love” by Ethelene Whitmire.

Books

The things we do for love

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Dr. Roland Purcell and Cheryl Vincent, honorees at the St. John's Educators Scholarship Fund Annual Mothers Day Luncheon in 2016.

Grenada

‘People’s Doctor’ Dr. Roland Purcell remembered by Grenadians

By Nelson A. King

Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica arrives to the Microsoft Theater for the opening ceremonies of the IX Summit of the Americas on June 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

Dominica

US pressure on CARICOM countries continues. Dominica ties up deportee deal

By Bert Wilkinson

Latest News

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (center) with honorees.

People

Ten years strong: Bichotte Hermelyn honors eight Women of Distinction

By Nelson A. King

Eleen Ackie author of “Adam Goes to the Sunshine Corner Store.”

Books

Eleen Ackie pens children’s book inspired by 9-year-old son

By Nelson A. King

Suriname's new President Chan Santokhi a

Suriname

Former Surinamese president Santokhi dies at age 67

By Bert Wilkinson

Michelle London as Sarah in the David Heron’s Gala Easter Sunday production of Easton Lee’s "The Rope and The Cross."

Power Shift: Herod, Pilate portrayed by women at JPAC April 5

By Tangerine Clarke

Attendees participate in a Pilates session during IYKYK Collective’s second annual Women’s Wellness Day, celebrating International Women’s Month.

News

Inside IYKYK Collective’s Women’s Wellness Day: A celebration of connection, care and community

By Tracey Khan

Caribbean Community Secretary-General Carla Barnett said 2025 was one of the most difficult years for the Caribbean, citing climate disasters and geopolitical tensions.

Major row over reappointment of Caricom secretary general

By Bert Wilkinson

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are present as passengers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint after hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were ordered to deploy to airports to help fill TSA staffing gaps, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 23, 2026.

Immigration advocates condemn Trump ‘erroneously’ justifying court house arrests of Caribbean migrants

By Nelson A. King

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar alongside Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meetings in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, February 25, 2026.

Trinidad & Tobago

US troops leave Tobago after dismantling high-grade radar

By Bert Wilkinson

Carrie Woerner

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Racing and Wagering, Assembly Member Carrie Woerner

New York State Senator James Sanders, Jr., speaks alongside Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

Politics

State lawmakers call communities to Albany for 2026 MWBE Advocacy Day

By Orlande Fleury

A vintage car passes by the Calixto Garcia hospital as Cuba’s once-vaunted healthcare system, long hailed as a cornerstone of the 1959 revolution, has deteriorated amid years of economic crisis and U.S. sanctions, a decline that has accelerated this year with U.S. restrictions on oil supplies, in Havana, Cuba, March 24, 2026.

News

Caribbean moves to aid Cuba amid crisis

By Bert Wilkinson

Lilia Burunciuc.

Barbados

World Bank provides funds to help Barbados modernize early education

By Nelson A. King

Actor with Down Syndrome Race Eberhardt, who stars in the upcoming action film Strait Undercover (2026), which premiered on YouTube on March 21, in honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

Movies

Actor with Down Syndrome stars in new action film

By Milette Millington

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Two men wanted for an armed robbery at a Jamaica restaurant on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in late February: NYPD

Bruce Blakeman was deemed ineligible to receive matching funds as he runs for governor, according to a ruling by the state Public Campaign Finance Board.

Blakeman ineligible to receive matching funds in governor’s race

US District Court in Brooklyn

Brooklyn bribery scheme: Feds indict four for corruption tied to nonprofit, and possibly prominent officials