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Suriname former President Desi Bouterse leaves the High Court of Justice for his appeal case against the Court Martial sentence of 20-year jail for his involvement in the murder of 15 people when he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo on March 31, 2023.

Suriname

Bouterse allies seek monument

By Bert Wilkinson

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Guest Perspective

Op-Ed | How Mamdani can be a class act for NYC students

By Crystal McQueen Taylor, StudentsFirstNY

Rest of the World XI's Brian Lara in action during a game against Help for Heroes XI in the Cricket for Heroes T20 Charity Match at The Kia Oval on Sept. 2015.

Sports

Lara honored with Lifetime Achievement Award in India

By Devika Ragoonanan

Latest News

The unbranded tools for a cricket player

Sports

CWI supports grassroots cricket with Coach Training Program

By Devika Ragoonanan

Curtis Sliwa,Republican candidate for mayor.

Politics

NYC Mayor’s Race: Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa on crime, cats and a campaign he’ll never quit

By Adam Daly

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PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with State Senator Robert Jackson

Guyanese-American Justice Claudia Daniels-DePeyster addresses congregation at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church on Oct. 5. Liturgist Min. Cynthia Grant is in background.

Court

Guyanese-American judge runs for elected judgeship in Kings County Supreme Court

By Nelson A. King

Cameroon native Yolande Boyom, who created the play/upcoming film “The Road to Freedom,” to bring awareness to human trafficking.

From Cameroon to the stage: Playwright’s debut tackles human trafficking

By Milette Millington

Screen grab of Howard W. French, professor of journalism at Columbia University , in conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University and fellow author, about his new book, The Second Emancipation (2025).

Books

NY journalism professor discusses his book on unknown Black History in Brooklyn

By Milette Millington

Models assembly after strutting their outfits.

Fashion

CANA-BMW nurses strut their stuff

By Nelson A. King

Singer Mikey Spice was in fine form as he belts out his popular song 'Practice What You Preach.'

Music

Music & Life

By Nelson A. King

Book cover of “Meyer Levin: Where Leaders Grow.”

Books

Meyer Levin School for the Performing Arts launches ‘Meyer Levin: Where Leaders Grow’

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican Dancehall singer Masicka.

Music

Dancehall singer Masicka drops ‘Keys’

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican singer Sean Paul.

Music

Sean Paul breaks new ground with landmark global tour

By Nelson A. King

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Books

What price progress? The loss of a neighborhood looms large in this memoir

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

GraceKennedy Foundation Project Officer Jade-Ashley Carberry- Meikle engages with TV host Zay Harding (fourth from left) and children from the Rose Town community in Kingston during filming of The Visioneers With Zay Harding.

News

GraceKennedy Foundation brings global recognition to Jamaica with CBS TV series ‘Visioneers’

By Tangerine Clarke

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Photos: Resume workshop roundtable held by Community Justice Connect

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FDNY battles fire in the shuttered Water’s Edge restaurant on the Long Island City waterfront on Tuesday night

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) attached accusations of Democratic hypocrisy to her condemnation of Young Republicans who engaged in a racist, violent group chat which Politico exposed in a report this week.

Young Republicans’ racist, violent group chat sparks bipartisan backlash — with some GOP leaders using bothsidesism

An NYPD officer salutes the name of Jonathan Diller and other officers killed in the line of duty

Jonathan Diller, NYPD cop gunned down in 2024 added to NYPD’s memorial wall in Manhattan