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All Skin Folk Ain’t Kinfolk

By Aminta Kilawan Narine, Esq. The race for president of the United States is picking up steam with South Asian Americans emerging as candidates in a crowded field of contenders. There are several who have...

Labor Day: Unions Must Remain Vigilant and Proactive

By Chaitram Aklu Since September 5, 1882, the first Monday in September, Labor Day was celebrated in New York City. Then in 1894 it became a national holiday when President Grover Cleveland signed a bill...

Belair Remembers Vice-Captain Jack Mohabir

By Sham Samaroo NEW YORK (September 1, 2023) - The Belair family mourned the recent passing of loved one Harry “Jack” Mohabir. Members of the Belair Cricket Club fondly recalled Jack’s passion for life and...

Indentured Slavery and the Indian Experience in British Guiana

By Amarnauth Samaroo, PhD (AUGUST, 16, 2023) - The recent uproar by VP Kamala Harris over the Florida school curriculum and slavery prompted reflections of my ancestors’ experience in British Guiana with debt slavery, or...

A Tribute to Ashton Chase

By Albert Baldeo Ashton Chase, SC, OE, was the lawyer's lawyer, a labor expert, a statesman, and a wonderful human being. He will be remembered as a principled man, a virtuous soul and a kind-hearted...

Amid a ‘Massive Victory’ PPPC Vows to Work in Every Local Authority Area

COMMENTARY By Dr Tara Singh The PPPC proclaims, “it is a massive victory,” “it is a landslide,” in response to the results of LGE 2023 of June 12, 2023, after months of haggling by the...

Dr Vishnu Bisram Honored in Fiji for Global Humanitarianism

By Staff Reporter Well known Guyanese and Indo-Caribbean patriot Dr. Vishnu Bisram, a political commentator and news reporter and a pollster in the West Indies, was honored in Fiji in May at a public reception...

Embracing Another Aspect of Charitable Giving: SDGHM Conducts Medical Outreach at Tuschen and No....

By Dr Tara Singh As part of its humanitarian mission outreach to Guyana and elsewhere, the New York based NGO, Shri Devi Global Humanitarian Mission (SDGHM) has recently conducted a medical outreach for the first...

Another Historical Day to Remember at This Time

By Chaitram Aklu Public Law 88-352 – the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide...

Queens Book Fair Celebrates Indo-Caribbean Heritage

By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine In March 2023, we celebrated Black History Month. Two months later, we gathered to celebrate Indo-Caribbean Heritage and to pay homage to the forebears that crossed the Kala Pani, or dark...