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A group of attendees, at booths getting ready for the 8th Annual Trina Williams Far Rockaway Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, sponsored by various local organizations, including The Campaign Against Hunger (TCAH).

News

Walking for Trina: Far Rockaway honors beloved educator in Annual Awareness March

By Milette Millington

Lynette Burnley, aunt of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, lights a candle at an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 22, 2025.

Guyana

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Mayor Eric Adams speaks announces new social services hub in Brooklyn

AMNY

Op-Ed | Moving closer to affordable child care for NYC families

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Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister and Minister for National Security, Legal Affairs and Information of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 80th session.

St Vincent

SVG PM wants nationals to ‘own the future’

By Nelson A. King

From left, Dr. Natasha Telesford, VP of CMM; Brenda Brown, volunteer; Daidrey DaSilva, Jamaica Cancer Society; and Dr. Donna Hutton-Cassie, CMM president, present a check at the Jamaica Cancer Society office in St. Ann, Jamaica.

Africa

CMM Black-Tie Gala to support medical missions to Caribbean, Africa

By Nelson A. King

Residents set out compost bins for collection under New York City’s expanded sanitation program.

Bronx

‘Trash Chaos’: New Yorkers frustrated by rollout of City’s new composting rules

By Tracey Khan

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Barbados

Caribbean leaders want to mediate peace between the US and Venezuela

By Bert Wilkinson

Singer Melba Moore unveils her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 10, 2023.

Arts & Entertainment

‘This Is It’ – Moore’s curtain calls from an autobiographical read

By Vinette K. Pryce

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, author of “Champion.”

Books

When you’ve done wrong, look to an inspiration to do right

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams at press conference

AMNY

Op-ed | Why Mayor Adams says he’s endorsing Andrew Cuomo to succeed him

Mohamed Q. Amin, third from left, founder/president of the Caribbean Equality Project, surrounded by members, in front of their colorful ornate booth at the Annual Diwali Festival on Oct. 18, in Smokey Park, Queens.

Queens

Richmond Hill shines bright as Diwali motorcade lights up the night

By Tangerine Clarke

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Consul General to the US Rondy "Luta" McIntosh addresses Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving in Brooklyn on Sunday, Oct. 19, commemorating St. Vincent and the Grenadines 46th Anniversary of Political Independence from Great Britain.

St Vincent

‘Keep the Caribbean a Zone of Peace’: Vincentian diplomat warns amid U.S. Military buildup

By Nelson A. King

U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke.

Clarke, immigration advocates condemn ICE raid in Chinatown

By Nelson A. King

Caribbean recipes

Caribbean Smoked Turkey Soup

By Chris De La Rosa

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

Gibson hosts annual DiVA Spa in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By Nelson A. King

Prime minister of Belize John Briceno delivers a speech at the European development days with the Belgian Queen as defender of United Nations sustainable developments goals, in Brussels, Tuesday 21 June 2022.

Belize

Trump pressures another CARICOM member to accept deportees

By Bert Wilkinson

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