NY Caribbean Community Mourns Death of Trinidadian Businessman Conrad Ifill Due to COVID-19

NY Caribbean Community Mourns Death of Trinidadian Businessman Conrad Ifill Due to COVID-19

Conrad Ifill (left), owner of Conrad’s Famous Bakery in New York (Photo) NEW YORK – The Caribbean community in New York is mourning the passing of prominent Trinidadian businessman Conrad Ifill, whose Conrad’s Famous Bakery has been a fixture in Brooklyn’s the Caribbean community for decades. Ifill, who succumbed to the COVID-19 on April 17, […]

St. Lucia Reports 100% Recovery from COVID-19

St. Lucia Reports 100% Recovery from COVID-19

CASTRIES, St Lucia, Thursday April 23, 2020 – All 15 of the people who tested positive for COVID-19 in St Lucia have now recovered. The Ministry of Health said yesterday that the last two people who were in isolation recorded negative test results and were discharged from hospital. “Among the 15 cases Saint Lucia recorded […]

What You Need To Know If You’re An Essential Worker in NYC

What You Need To Know If You’re An Essential Worker in NYC

First responders from The Brooklyn Hospital Center Emergency Medical Services arrived to treat patient at Greenpark nursing home “The Phoenix” in Brooklyn – New York, NY – April 4, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Allison Dikanovic and Lauren Costantino Additional Reporting By Jose Martinez and Danny Laplaza, THE CITY The people on the frontlines of the coronavirus […]

When Hell Is At Home

By Mary Campbell

When Hell Is At Home

They say, “Charity begins at home.” Well, hell can also be at home. “Home” can be the word where there is fear, anxiety, anticipation of what’s coming, suffering—domestic violence. That violence can be physical, mental, and emotional. The Coronavirus pandemic demands that we stay at home. But for many, added to the fear of the […]

Broadcaster Gil Bailey dies at 84

Broadcaster Gil Bailey dies at 84

By Howard Campbell, Jamaica Observer Broadcaster Gil Bailey, a pioneer of Caribbean radio in New York, died yesterday at age 84. His daughter, Jacqueline Bailey-Faulks, told the Jamaica Observer that he died from cardiac arrest resulting from the novel coronavirus disease, at Long island Jewish Hospital. Known as the Godfather, Bailey launched The Gil Bailey […]

What You Need to Know About Public Charge and the Coronavirus

By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

What You Need to Know About Public Charge and the Coronavirus

Immigrants living in the United States are eligible for unemployment benefits. But as the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus spread across the country, many are reportedly afraid to file for unemployment and other government benefits. Much of this fear stems from the Trump administration’s public charge rule. The public charge rule makes it […]

What Is the New Deadline to File Taxes? A Coronavirus Update.

What Is the New Deadline to File Taxes? A Coronavirus Update.

By Kristen Doererfor, ProPublica As the COVID-19 outbreak rages in the United States, businesses and schools have closed and events have been canceled, leaving employees and business owners without work and at a loss for income. Even the U.S. Navy is struggling. No aspect of life seems to be untouched; filing and paying taxes is no exception. When are taxes due? 2019 federal […]