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Battery Dance will begin on Aug. 10 with dynamic community workshops led by selected local dance groups.

Dance

Battery Dance to host free performances in Wagner Park

By Nelson A. King

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and Jayden Adrian will serve as grand marshals for the Guyana Diamond Jubilee Independence parade in Brooklyn, New York.

Guyana

Yvette Clarke named grand marshal for Guyana Diamond Jubilee Independence Parade in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

The Rev. Derwin Grant, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, left, with honorees on Mother's Day 2026.

Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s Trinity Methodist Church honors 21 seniors

By Nelson A. King

All four District 32 Assembly candidates — Nathaniel Hezekiah, Queen Johnson, Latoya LeGrand, and Tunisia Morrison —pose together at a candidate forum held on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at the Rochdale Village Grand Ballroom, 165-69 137th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens, NY.

Politics

District 32 Assembly candidates take center stage at southeast Queens candidate forum

By Orlande Fleury

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is anchored in the Guanabara Bay as part of the Southern Seas 2026 deployment for joint naval exercises, on the day the Brazilian Navy conducts radiological monitoring operations near its position, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 8, 2026.

Cuba

US moves USS Nimitz to Jamaica, 90 miles from Cuba

By Bert Wilkinson

Guyanese-born Attorney Michelle DeSouza Forte is a candidate for Civil Court judge.

Courts

District Leader Josue Pierre endorses slate of judges in Democratic primary races

By Orlande Fleury

Haitian Bridge Alliance Executive Director Guerline Jozef.

Haitian group condemns Trump’s new green card policy

By Nelson A. King

Murad Awawdeh

Advocates claim New York State budget fails to fully deliver for Caribbean immigrants

By Nelson A. King

From left: Advisor Fazal Yusuff; Guyana Consul General to New York Ambassador Michael E. Brotherson; Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett; Ambassador Trishala Persaud; and Chair, CARICOM Consular Corps, Consul General of St. Lucia to New York Jeremiah Hyacinth, toast to Guyana's 60th Independence Anniversary in the Helen Marshall Cultural Centre on May 26, 2026.

Guyana

Guyana celebrates 60 years of independence with flag-raising, cultural explosion at Queens Borough Hall

By Tangerine Clarke

People gather ahead of a pro-government rally called by Cuban authorities to protest U.S. policies toward the island, including the indictment of former Cuban president Raul Castro, in Havana, Cuba, May 22, 2026.

Cuba

CARICOM condemns US threats against Cuba

By Bert Wilkinson

Trinidad and Tobago won the West Indies Championship title over Guyana at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

Guyana

Red Force scores historic West Indies championship title

By Devika Ragoonanan

Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 41 runs in the first One Day International (ODI) match at Sabina Park in Jamaica.

Sports

Sammy fires up West Indies for crucial Sri Lanka series

By Devika Ragoonanan

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a memorandum in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2026.

Trump faces criticism over new policy requiring Caribbean green card seekers to return home to apply

By Nelson A. King

Diamond League - Xiamen - Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China - May 23, 2026 Jamaica's Shericka Jackson in action during the women's 200m final

News

Shericka Jackson dominates in Diamond League 200m

By Devika Ragoonanan

President Donald Trump has nominated Kari Lake to serve as the US ambassador to Jamaica.

Jamaica

Jamaica welcomes Trump’s nomination of Kari Lake for US ambassador

By Dawn Plummer

Red Cross workers wear personal protective equipment (PPE) before handling the body of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise, who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus, ahead of his burial in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

News

Caribbean countries monitor for Ebola as The Bahamas isolates two passengers

By Bert Wilkinson

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The Van Cortlandt Park Stadium, which has been closed since 2021, has been recommended for demolition after a planning study conducted by NYC Parks.

‘There is no way to repair it’ NYC Parks seeks funding for Van Cortlandt Park Stadium demolition

Leah Livshitz, the daughter of murder victim Albert Itzkowitz, speaks at a press conference at Kissena Park on June 25. Itzkowitz was found dead with gunshot wounds to the neck and back along the shoreline of Kissena Lake.

Family of Kissena Park murder victim searching for answers a month after fatal shooting

MTA NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow shaking hands with police officer

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Tenants and housing advocates exploded in cheers as the city's Rent Guidelines Board announced that it would freeze the rent on one and two-year leases of rent stabilized apartments.

BREAKING: Rent Guidelines Board votes to freeze the rent, fulfilling Mamdani campaign promise