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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

Retired, Guyanese-born, Registered Nurse Margaret Clara Burke receives CANA Lifetime Achievement Award, flanked by, left to right, CANA President-Elect Dr. Olga Husbands; Mistress of Ceremonies Dr. Jean Leon; Retired Registered Nurse Celia Bramble; incumbent CANA President Registered Nurse Barbara Osborne; and Burke's niece, Heather Mitchell, with bouquet of flowers.

Barbados

CANA honors outstanding nurses, provides nursing scholarships

By Nelson A. King

Nicola Colley getting ready to serve up some authentic Jamaican dishes at the Reggae Goose.

News

From Gas Pump to Jerk Pit: Reggae Goose brings Jamaican vibes to Bridgeport roadside

By Nelson A. King

Screenshot of Ocean Stokes, who is the senior compliance manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).

News

MTA launches new Lunch and Learn Series for the Disability Community

By Milette Millington

A migrant is detained by federal immigration officers at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., July 23, 2025.

Calls grow to halt ICE arrests at immigration hearings

By Nelson A. King

Cricket West Indies President, Dr. Kishore Shallow.

News

CWI accepts CARICOM, Special Committee proposal

By Devika Ragoonanan

Yvette Rennie, third from left, with members of J'ouvert City International, Inc. at the launch of Caribbean J'ouvert in Brooklyn on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.

Carnival

Rennie: J’ouvert launch a triumph of culture and community in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican reggae artist Christopher Martin.

News

Galas, and gatherings reaffirm Jamaica proud & free at 63

By Vinette K. Pryce

Josh Inglis of Australia plays a shot as Jamie Smith of England keeps during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between Australia and England at Gaddafi Stadium on February 22, 2025 in Lahore, Pakistan.

Sports

One Win Away

By Devika Ragoonanan

New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks at a news conference in New York, U.S., June 11, 2019.

James welcomes court order upholding birthright citizenship

By Nelson A. King

Trinidad and Tobago Consul General to New York Andre Laveau addresses ceremony in September 2023.

Trinidad & Tobago

TATUCA celebrates T&T Independence, Scholarship Awards

By Nelson A. King

Murad Awawdeh, NYIC’s executive director

Shocking video exposes inhumane ICE conditions at 26 Federal Plaza

By Nelson A. King

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson addressing the Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration at Andrew Freeman House, 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Bronx

‘Enough is enough’: Gibson, Speaker Adams decry inequities facing Black women

By Nelson A. King

People hold signs with the pictures of missing people during a "Good Trouble Lives On" protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and in remembrance of late U.S. Congressman and civil rights pioneer John Lewis, in New York City, U.S., July 17, 2025.

News

Dual-purpose nationwide weekend protests laud a leader; damned another

By Vinette K. Pryce

Mayor Eric Adams at the podium.

Adams expands ‘Schoolyards to Playgrounds’ program

By Nelson A. King

Jamaica's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Sen. Kamina Johnson Smith.

Jamaica

Wrongfully deported to Africa? Jamaica says it didn’t turn anyone away

By Bert Wilkinson

More from Around NYC

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres, NYPL, and HPD celebrate the additional funding for broadband expansion at St. John’s House II, an affordable housing development near Melrose Library where Neighborhood Internet was recently installed.

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Mamdani and Rep. Ritchie Torres announce $2M to expand high-speed internet in The Bronx and Upper Manhattan

faculty

11 Queens College faculty and staff members honored at 2026 excellence awards ceremony

Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo Rivera column: Finest moment

a screenshot of the court website nycourts.gov

New York court system launches new user-friendly website