Category : News

8 months ago

CIA Director Visits Guyana Amid Protest From Venezuela

The visit of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William J. Burns to Guyana this week has sparked protest from Venezuela. Venezuela’s claim over two-thirds of Guyana’s territory in the resource-rich Essequibo regi...

News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 8 months ago

The state of our Black boys

On any given day, you can find Damondre Robertson, 25, picking up trash behind the building that is home to the Martindale-Brightwood Community Development Corporation (MBCDC). The nonprofit focuses on multiple pillars, including housing, educati...

8 months ago

Antigua Cops Awarded For Saint Lucia Tour Of Duty

Sixteen Antigua and Barbuda police officers received badges of honour this week for supporting a Regional Security System (RSS) mission in Saint Lucia. The mission was in response to a surge in deadly gun violence in the town of Vieux Fort. In March...

8 months ago

A Trio of Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Caree Banton has been appointed chair of the department of history in the Fulbright College of Arts and Science at the University of Arkansas. She has been with the university since 2013, currently serving as an associate professor of history and dir...

8 months ago

Jail For Vieux Fort Man Accused Of Stealing Chickens, Eggs

A court has fined and jailed a Vieux Fort man accused of twice entering a farm at Augier, Vieux Fort, and stealing chickens and eggs. When the accused, identified as 45-year-old Elijah Elibox of Augier, appeared virtually before the court, he receive...