Caribbean Life News Headlines Archive for April 16, 2024

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News

A date in celebration of Earth’s planetary rotation

By Vinette K. Pryce

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Sports

West Indies ‘A’ set for tour to Nepal

By Devika Ragoonanan

Honorees from left: Wadson Fils - chief operating officer (Big Apple Care), Malvina Brabham, Monique Okumakpeyi (AKA president Delta Rho Omega Chapter), Bernice Kingsberry, Cheryl Hall - executive director of Caribbean's Women Health Association, Senator Kevin Parker, Kristina M. Legrand, Tonya Ores - NHS CEO, Kim O’Neal president of Eta Nu Sigma Chapter, Brooklyn Alumnae, and Hassan Bakiriddin representing his wife Joan Alexander-Bakiriddin.

Brooklyn

First HERstory Awards honor the exceptional work of women in their respective community

By Tangerine Clarke

St. Lucian Dona Regis-Prosper, first female secretary-general, CEO of Caribbean Tourism Organization.

Grenada

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

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AMNY

Op-Ed | Scoring a goal for affordable housing

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn.

Guest Perspective

Closing SUNY Downstate University Hospital will negatively impact borough

By Redetha Abrahams-Nichols, UUP Downstate Chapter President and UUP Statewide Executive Board Member

More from Around NYC

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At Hostos Community College, Mayor Mamdani hears from young renters priced out of the Bronx

With Christina Strassfield (Executive Director, Southampton Arts Center) at our Dan's Papers Rosé Soirée

Victoria’s Secrets: A wonderful week

Israel Day Parade spectators

Israel Day Parade marches up 5th Avenue as Hochul signs buffer zone bill

students in a workshop working on a solar car

Staten Island students head to Texas for Solar Car Challenge this summer