By Jamaicans.com | September 26, 2023 Jamaican sprint superstar Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has confirmed that the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 will be her last. A recent silver and bronze medal winner at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Fraser-Pryce also suffered a muscle injury at the competition and was taken to a hospital. While the injury […]
Bahamas-Qatar: Editorial credit: HasanZaidi / Shutterstock.com By Juergen T Steinmetz Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation the Honorable I. Chester Cooper today led a team from his ministry, along with a delegation of tourism and other government officials, on a trade mission to West Asia, beginning with an official visit […]
Photos courtesy of Senator Sanders’ Office September 25, 2023 Listen to People, Power & Politics interview with Senator James Sanders Jr: (New York, NY) Senator James Sanders Jr., Chair of the NY State Senate Select Majority Task Force on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, and Assemblymember Chantel Jackson called on Governor Kathy Hochul to […]
A health care worker signs people in outside an urgent care COVID testing site on Dyckman Street in Inwood, Oct. 6, 2021. Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Imogen Mcnamara and Rachel Holliday Smith | SEP 25, 2023 Can you still get Paxlovid for free? Where did all the COVID testing sites go? And how do you […]
Allow me to start by extending my heartfelt appreciation to Bishop Ruel Robinson and the congregation of the Montego Bay New Testament Church of God for allowing the Ministry of Tourism, its public bodies and tourism partners to join you today as we mark the start of Tourism Awareness Week 2023 with this service of […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Stanley M. Brand | September 24, 2023 | The Conversation Reactions came quickly to the federal indictment on Sept. 22, 2023, of New Jersey’s senior U.S. senator, Democrat Bob Menendez. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined other state Democrats in urging Menendez to resign, saying, “The alleged facts are so serious […]
Photos courtesy of St Kitts & Nevis Press Secretary Office New York, NY, USA, September 24, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMO)- The Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis delivered a compelling address during the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate, under the theme “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action […]
Talissa Baptiste clutches the same teddy bear her sister Elaine Boone held before she died at Bronxcare Hospital in Mount Eden. Jonathan Custodio/THE CITY By Jonathan Custodio | SEP 24, 2023 Black women in New York City are nine times more likely to die as a result of childbirth. Elaina Boone’s loved ones say she […]
Editorial credit: Jorge Estrellado / Shutterstock.com By City and State NY | September 24, 2023 Of the eight former state Senate Democrats who broke with their party to caucus with Republicans, three are involved in public service (two in the Adams administration), two are lobbyists, one was jailed and none are in elected office. But […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Consulate Connector | September 23, 2023 The issuance of the new Trident ID card, the Immigration Department, staff of the Consulate General of New York. the recent Q in the Community in New York and BTMI’s Taste of Oistins were singled out for praise by Barbadians who came […]