NEW YORK: After some 20 years at its current location in Manhattan, New York, the Jamaican consulate will be moving to a new location at 300 East 42nd Street, at the intersection of 42nd Street and 2nd Avenue. Consul General Alsion Wilson told The...
Andrea Baugh served as principal of a private school in Jamaica for some 14 years until she was forced to retire in 2021 due to chronic back pain. “I was bent over and the pain was excruciating,” she told The Gleaner. Today, after having a spinal...
NEW YORK: She is the inspiration, the unofficial advisor, and mother all rolled into one. Meet Joy Moore, the Jamaica-born mother of the new governor of the US state of Maryland, Wes Moore, the first African-American elected to the office.She is...
Among the myriad of Jamaican restaurants populating the Bronx is one that could be considered a gem hidden in plain sight. A stroll along White Plains Road in the Bronx reveals no shortage of restaurants and bars offering the full gamut of Jamaican...
NEW YORK: Caribbean nationals are being encouraged to get their applications in early to avoid an increase in fees being proposed by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) which could take effect this year. Earlier this...
New York: Four members of the diaspora are to be honoured by the Lowell Hawthorne Foundation at its first gala to be held on January 19. Those to be recognised are former New York City councilwoman, Una Clarke; president of Howard University, Dr....
NEW YORK, NYC: Laurie-Anne Sayles, whose parents are Jamaican, made history on November 8 when she became the first black woman and first of Jamaican heritage elected as a council member-at-large in Montgomery County, Maryland. As a council member...
