New York City and State are in the midst of government budget negotiations, and the expiration of Federal emergency Covid relief funding has pushed our ongoing child care crisis into both conversations. It’s a major crisis for families and also for child care providers. The Federal government recommends that affordable child care should cost no more […]
Photo courtesy: Prime Minister’s Office BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis, April 21, 2024 [Press Secretary, PMO] – The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is poised to benefit immensely from the highly anticipated influx of investments following Prime Minister Hon. Dr Terrance Drew’s most recent visit to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a series of high-profile […]
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 […]