Photos courtesy: Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westchester County $33M affordable homeownership development to transform 13 vacant lots into permanently affordable, equity-building opportunities for 42 first-time homebuyers NEW YORK (May 31, 2024) – Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westchester County joined with elected officials, community leaders, and financial supporters to celebrate and break ground […]
Editorial credit: Sandor Szmutko / Shutterstock.com By Amalendu Misra | The Conversation An advance team of Kenyan special forces police have arrived in the troubled Caribbean nation of Haiti. They are part of a larger UN-backed “support” mission tasked with establishing order, pushing back the advances of criminal gangs and allowing the freshly appointed interim […]
It is one of the most ambitious projects that the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Unit has supported, and its success is expected to dramatically alter how MSMEs are perceived in the marketplace. The government of Barbados, through the Ministry of Energy and Business is partnering with the Barbados Stock […]
Photo: Christopher Benjamin, CRO for the Consulate General of Jamaica. By Consulate General Jamaica NY Listen to the interview with Christopher Benjamin here: This year marks a remarkable milestone in Jamaica’s diaspora engagement—the 10th Biennial Diaspora Conference, set against the vibrant backdrop of Montego Bay, the undisputed capital of tourism. From June 16 to 19, […]
Photo courtesy: Department of Public Information By Department of Public Information Today, the Men on Mission initiative handed over two newly constructed homes to two single mothers in Regions Three and Four. Bhagwattie Ghirao and Bibi Arjune, who have faced immense challenges, were the latest beneficiaries. In Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara, […]
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Dr Bharrat Jagdeo. Photo courtesy: Department of Public Information By Department of Public Information A total of 242 Amerindian, riverine, and remote villages in Guyana are currently undertaking transformative projects worth $4.7 billion, funded by carbon credits under the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030. These initiatives […]
Governor Kathy Hochul. Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Julian Shen-Berro, ChalkBeat Gov. Kathy Hochul is mulling how to get smartphones out of New York schools as city and state officials grapple with the potential harmful effects of social media and other online platforms on youth mental health. This week, Hochul said smartphones should […]
By Elena Moore | NPR Millions of Americans can vote for the first time in the general election this fall, and while the majority of those will be voters just aging into eligibility – it’s a group that also includes new U.S. citizens spanning across generations. An estimated 3.5 million adults of voting age have been naturalized in the […]
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By Bruce Cory | Center for New York City Affairs Last month, the administration of Mayor Eric Adams at long last scuttled its ill-considered $432 million no-bid contract for asylee services with a questionably qualified provider whose performance left a great deal to be desired. The question now is: Could the administration be open to […]