Editorial credit: David Peinado Romero / Shutterstock.com By America’s Voice Washington, DC — Yesterday, the United States reinstituted deportations to Haiti, sending dozens of Haitians back to dangerous conditions in the nation via the first deportation flight to the nation since January. As Guerline Jozef, Co-founder and Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance, the Black Immigrants Bail Fund, […]
Editorial credit: a katz / Shutterstock.com By Pearl Phillip In the realm of American politics, the influence of ethnic voters is becoming increasingly significant as the demographics of the nation evolves. The voices of minorities, people of color, and immigrants are shaping the political landscape in an unprecedented way in the 2024 election cycle. The […]
Editorial credit: Yuri Turkov / Shutterstock.com By Amy Hughes | MSN Just a year shy of what would have been his 80th birthday, Bob Marley‘s music remains as ubiquitous as ever. To celebrate the lead-up to the milestone, the reggae legend’s sons are reuniting for The Marley Brothers – The Legacy Tour in celebration of […]
Originally published on 311bankruptcy.com. April is designated as Financial Literacy Month. And financial literacy is the knowledge to of how to make smart decisions with money. Many aspire to financial independence, yet it requires planning, discipline, and commitment. It’s more than just accumulating wealth; it’s about attaining the freedom to live on your own terms […]
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and Congressman Adriano Espaillat today issued a consumer alert warning New Yorkers about real estate scams targeting at the Dominican community after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic charged a businessman with scamming nearly 150 individuals in the Dominican Republic and United States – including approximately 24 […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn (the Diocese) to address its years of mismanaging clergy sexual abuse cases and for failing to uphold the policies and procedures it adopted for investigating and responding to abuse complaints. Instead, […]
By Department of Public Information Guyana has supported calls for a second International Decade for People of African Descent. This position was confirmed by Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Hon. Oneidge Walrond, as she addressed delegates at the Opening of the Third Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in Geneva, […]
By Judana Murphy | Jamaica Information Service Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is urging members of the diaspora to “come home” for the 10th Jamaica Diaspora Conference from June 16 to 19. The 2024 conference, which is the first in-person forum in five years, will […]
In the XXXVII CARIFTA Aquatics Championships, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States enjoyed significant representation, with Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines all figuring in the medal count. Over four days of competition at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre in Nassau, The Bahamas, some 500 athletes from 25 […]
By Andrew Dawkins | BBC News A fundraiser has been set up to help pay funeral costs and settle the financial affairs of a man who died after accepting payment from the Windrush compensation scheme (WCS). Anthony Williams, of Birmingham, had been incorrectly told he was living in the UK illegally. along with thousands of other […]