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Jamaica

Jamaican graphologist delves into ‘Caribbean Fraud’

By Vinette K. Pryce

DJ Ras Emmanuel.

Music

Ras Emmanuel voices concern for DJ Future Fambo after heart attack

By Nelson A. King

Gloria Lewis holds netball, flanked by former netballers and a coach, far left.

Sports

Caribbean netball legend Gloria Lewis celebrated in Brooklyn at 90

By Nelson A. King

Trinidad & Tobago

Jack Warner escapes U.S. extradition

By Bert Wilkinson

Heavy D’s mom Eulahlee Myers speaks at the Awards Ceremony.

Music

Jamaican Hip Hop Legend Heavy D honored posthumously with Purpose Talk Legacy Honor Award

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn artist Tara center, surrounded by family members at her art series honoring women, during a display at a Sept. 13 Black Art Matters Pop-Up tour at Waverly Street art space in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn artist unveils collection at Black Art Matters pop-up tour, inspired by family, nature, ancestors

By Tangerine Clarke

Angela Cooper, right, receives award from WIADCA Treasurer Dr. Ionie Pierce.

People

WIADCA bestows special honor on Angela Cooper

By Nelson A. King

Rt. Hon. Glenver Jones, Grand Deputy Master, center, with Members of the Executive Committee of Grand Council and District Grand Masters of various District Grand Jurisdictions in NYC.

People

Picture-perfect Fun Day for Brooklyn Mechanics Order, 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

Founder of Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), Irwine Clare, Sr. OD.

People

Knicks’ Jalen Brunson’s Second Round Foundation to honor TJB founder Irwine Clare

By Nelson A. King

Trinidadian Pastor Ruth Forestine underscores the power of salvation in Jesus Christ.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian Pastor Ruth Forestine underscores the power of Salvation in Jesus Christ

By Nelson A. King

Kenneth "Papa" Chisholm celebrates his 100th birthday.

Jamaica

Kenneth ‘Papa’ Chisholm hits 100, celebrated across generations

By Nelson A. King

The late business icon and former senator, Don Wehby, speaking in the Jamaican Parliament.

Jamaica

Don Wehby, Jamaican business icon dies at 62

By Dawn Plummer

Family members and friends gathered on July 13, 2025, to honor outstanding students at the 4th Annual Empowering Dreams Across Borders: The McGowan Foundation, Inc.

Guyana

Dream big: McGowan Foundation awards bright futures at 4th Annual Gala

By Tangerine Clarke

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

Barbados

Caribbean pays tribute to veteran journalist Rickey Singh

By Nelson A. King

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A Briarwood man who allegedly broke into two vehicles in front of the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights was arraigned for bail jumping after he fled the state and was apprehended in California last month.

Briarwood bail-jumper busted in California, extradited back to Queens to face grand larceny, burglary charges: DA

U.S. President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shake hands as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 21, 2025.

Trump says he’d live in Mamdani’s New York after ‘great’ White House meeting, talk on affordability

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