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CARIBBEAT: Deadlines to join NYC community boards are coming up

February 3, 2024 at 5:12 p.m.

The annual membership drive to join New York City's community boards are coming up — an extraordinary opportunity for New Yorkers throughout the five boroughs to learn the workings of...

In this image provided by the FBI civil rights workers, from left, Michael Schwerner, 24, of New York, James Cheney, 21, from Mississippi, and Andrew Goodman, 20, of New York, who disappeared near Philadelphia, Miss., June 21, 1964. (FBI via AP)

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Black History Month: Struggle for justice and equality often aided by white allies

February 2, 2024 at 3:39 p.m.

Many white activists — in life and death — made memorable contributions to Black Americans’ ongoing struggle for justice and equality, and they are not alone.

Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation executives (l. to r.) Valery Brown-Alce, Chrystal Bethell, and Phylia Shivers standing in New York Penn Station below some of the more than 200 posters and other branding promoting the vacation travel to the Caribbean nation. (HANDOUT)

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CARIBBEAT: Travel promo steers rail commuters to The Bahamas

January 21, 2024 at 9:54 a.m.

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism has visually taken over Manhattan’s Penn Station with more than 200 giant eye-catching Bahamas posters.

After observing a severe lack of multiculturalism in the field of therapy, Trinidad and Tobago-born Clinton Clovis dedicated himself to changing the situation: founding The New Hope Mental Health Counseling Services.

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CARIBBEAT: L.I. therapy center provides world of services for multicultural clients

January 6, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

After observing a severe lack of multiculturalism in the field of therapy, Trinidad and Tobago-born Clinton Clovis dedicated himself to changing the situation: founding The New Hope Mental Health Counseling...

Guyana's President Irfaan Ali holds up a wrist band with a map of Guyana and emphasizing the nation's borders after a meeting with Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro about Guyana’s Essequibo territory. (AP Photo/Lucanus D. Ollivierre)

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CARIBBEAT: Guyana, Venezuela continue row over oil-rich territory

December 18, 2023 at 10:59 a.m.

The current controversy between the oil-producing nations of Guyana and Venezuela is more than just a border dispute, with Guyana crying foul to Venezuela’s claim that it owns — and...

Edwards — a fixture at the museum since 2019 serving as chief operating officer and executive vice resident — had been the acting head since August.

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CARIBBEAT: Vincentian-born Atiba Edwards takes helm of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum

December 2, 2023 at 11:31 p.m.

Edwards — a fixture at the museum since 2019 serving as chief operating officer and executive vice resident — had been the acting head since August.

Celebrating its 31st anniversary with screening at five Manhattan locations and online, the ADIFF will present a collection of documentaries, dramas, and comedies from some of the world’s major film festivals.

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CARIBBEAT: Caribbean focus at the African Diaspora Film Festival in NYC

November 18, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

Celebrating its 31st anniversary with screening at five Manhattan locations and online, the ADIFF will present a collection of documentaries, dramas, and comedies from some of the world’s major film...

For devoted fans of influential Jamaica-born Rastafarian dub poet Mutabaruka, his new “Black Attack” album is right on time — it's Muta’s first release in 14 years.

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CARIBBEAT: Rastafarian dub poet Mutabaruka reconnects with fans on long-awaited album

November 4, 2023 at 2:26 p.m.

For devoted fans of influential Jamaica-born Rastafarian dub poet Mutabaruka, his new “Black Attack” album is right on time — it's Muta’s first release in 14 years.

Kieran Emanus poses with his carriage horse “Oreo” Thursday, Oct. 12, Manhattan.

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CARIBBEAT: Veteran NYC carriage driver expands business — to his native St. Lucia

October 15, 2023 at 7:27 p.m.

After 27 years, St. Lucia-born Kieran Emanus still loves his job and the horses and he’s enthusiastically undertaking an equine-connected business venture by opening a horse and carriage company in...

Sean Georges and Kenya Eugene in a “past” scene from the movie “Timeless: A Virgin Islands Love Story”

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CARIBBEAT: Film maker crafts a ‘Timeless’ work about a Virgin Islands love story

September 30, 2023 at 4:06 p.m.

Set in the distant past and the present day, and shot in more than 20 locations of the Caribbean territory, Edward La Borde Jr.'s 2023 movie “Timeless: A Virgin Islands...

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