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Murad Awawdeh, NYIC’s executive director

Caribbean advocates urge closure of ICE facility at 26th Federal Plaza

By Nelson A. King

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the 68th session of the General Assembly in Sept. 25, 2013.

Trinidad & Tobago

Glory Days Ahead?

By Bert Wilkinson

Jazmin Headley and Claressa Shields.

Music

12-year-old Jamaican-Canadian singing, acting prodigy stuns at Claressa Shields Boxing Fight

By Nelson A. King

From left, Carimi, Sizzla, and Shirley Ann Cyril-Mayers.

Music

Excitement builds: Carimi and more added to CMA Awards!

By Nelson A. King

Richie Stephens, Bounty Killer and I-Octane.

Music

Bounty Killer returns to Toronto for first time in over two decades

By Nelson A. King

The melodious voices of the Braata Folk Singers, on Aug. 10, filled the air over the Holy Family Church tarmac in Canarsie, at a Bankra Caribbean Folk Festival in partnership with Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman and Assembly Member Jamie Williams, State Senator Roxanne Persaud, and U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.

Brooklyn

From Flatlands to Festivity

By Tangerine Clarke

Gramps Morgan performing the hit single 'Down By The River' which brought a Morgan Heritage type of a vibe and energy to the stage at Crown Hill Theatre in Brooklyn.

Music

Country meets Reggae

By Nelson A. King

Screenshot of Anglo-Nigerian author Nikki May, who lives in the county of Dorset, England.

Books

Queens Public Library spotlights Anglo-Nigerian author’s first book

By Milette Millington

Close-up of red cricket ball and bat sitting on grass

News

CPL to implement ICC’s updated rules for 2025 Season

By Devika Ragoonanan

Former cricketer Sir Clive Lloyd after he received a Knighthood in an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Jan. 12, 2022 in Windsor, England.

Sports

Sir Clive: Saving WI Cricket is paramount

By Devika Ragoonanan

Children play with the hula hoop during Annual Back-to-School event organized by the Family Life Committee of Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn on Aug. 2, 2025 .

News

FSUMC hosts Back-to-School celebration for unhoused children, families

By Nelson A. King

West Indies' Jewel Andrew Roston Chase in action as he hits four runs off the bowling of England's Jacob Bethell at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, Britain on May 29, 2025.

Sports

Windies Strikes Back

By Devika Ragoonanan

Cricket West Indies President, Dr. Kishore Shallow.

Sports

CWI committed to Florida despite low turnout for Pakistan T20s

By Devika Ragoonanan

Rev. Al Sharpton speaking to reporters outside of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.

Guest Perspective

How Trump’s cuts to SNAP and the City Council’s grocery delivery bill spells trouble for New Yorkers

By Rev. Al Sharpton

Book cover of ‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’ by Khadijah Queen.

Books

When what’s beneath the water is not as worrisome as what’s on top of it

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

A vendor hands two bowls of fresh coconut water to a customer on Liberty Avenue, Queens, where demand for this thirst quencher peaks in the summer.

Business

Coconut craze peaks in NYC’s Caribbean hubs during Summer

By Tracey Khan

More from Around NYC

The aftermath of the fire that ravaged building on 660 E. 187th Street in Bronx's Little Italy.

Bronx Little Italy fire fueled by open doors, leaving 2 dead and 11 injured

A College Point man was extradited back to Queens to face burglary charges of targeting homes in Bayside and other northeast Queens neighborhoods after he fled the country and was apprehended with a codefendant from Flushing in Panama.

College Point fugitive extradited back to city from Panama to face charges of burglarizing Bayside home, others in northeast Queens: DA

Mayor Zohran Mamdani stands alongside Council Member Chi Ossé during a deed theft prevention announcement in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Friday, April 24, 2026.

Mamdani launches deed theft office and pauses NYC tax lien sales for six months

Speaker Julie Menin announced a new Advisory Group on Housing Affordability aimed at reevaluating construction codes she said are outdated and stunt housing development.

‘Lots’ of potential: Menin says City Council will launch advisory group to cut red tape, develop small vacant sites for new housing