Lauderdale Lakes finally appoints City Manager

After a drawn-out search and months operating without a permanent city manager, Lauderdale Lakes have hired Opa-locka’s current manager, Kelvin Baker, for the position....

Jamaica confirms outbreak of hand foot and mouth disease

Jamaica has confirmed an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in several schools. The contagious hand, foot and mouth disease is spreading rapidly in...

FL advocates double down on marijuana

Two Florida organizations are moving forward aggressively to legalize, one for medical reason, the other recreational, and are campaigning to place the issue on...

Hurricane Joaquin batters Bahamas, upgrades to category 4

Hurricane Joaquin has upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane after it bore down Thursday on the lightly populated islands of the central and eastern Bahamas. Some...

5 injured on American Airlines flight from Grenada to Miami

Five passengers on an American Airlines flight from Grenada to Miami were taken to a local hospital for minor injuries sustained from the severe...

Health insurance hurdles? 4 times to ask for help

Millions of people each year find themselves in transition with their health care coverage. They may be leaving an employer and considering COBRA coverage,...

Get Yoga Fit at Westfield Broward

  Westfield Broward is not only for shopping, dining, and socializing, but also for fitness. Through a partnership with Memorial Healthcare Systems (MHS), Everlast and...

Pantastic Steel Orchestra strives to retain “Band of the Year”

  The best of South Florida’s steel pan talents will soon strut their stuff at the upcoming Miami Broward One Carnival’s annual Panorama Steel Band...

South Florida hosts next Haitian Presidential Debate

The Campaign for Haiti’s next president heads to South Florida this Sunday, as Port-au-Prince-based Radio Television Caribes (RTVC) and Friends of Haiti hosts the...

Reggae Boyz and head coach in hot water with FIFA

Reggae Boyz players Lance Laing and Upston Edwards, along with the island’s head coach Winfried Schaefer, have been slapped hard by FIFA for indiscretions...

Pierre Etienne courts the Floridian Diaspora

Garnering support for his campaign in Haiti, presidential candidate, Sauveur Pierre Étienne of the Organization of People in Struggle (OPL) toured South Florida this...

Reggae gets set to shine at IRAWMA

Reggae princess Etana, reggae prince Tarrus Riley, bad boys Inner Circle, and gospel great Carlene Davis are among the leading 2014/15 nominees for the...

Guyana and Venezuela restore ambassadors despite border dispute

Guyana and Venezuela has agreed to restore their respective ambassadors despite a continuing border dispute. Guyanese president David Granger and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met...

3RD annual Caribe Arts Fest celebrates major art by minority artists

Art and culture take center stage at the 3rd annual Caribe Arts Fest to be held at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex in Miami....

North Miami principal issued official reprimand over controversial comments

Miami Dade Public School District has issued an official reprimand against former North Miami High Principal Alberto Iber. Iber was removed after he made controversial...

EDITORIAL: Modern family: non-traditional, but still relevant

As Pope Francis advocated for the significance of families in society during his recent tour through the U.S., we are left questioning what exactly...

Haiti legislative election results released

The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) in Haiti, on Monday said only eight candidates won seats outright in the 119 member Chamber of Deputies in...

West Indies head coach suspended

West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons has been suspended for criticizing the selection process regarding the one-day team for the upcoming tour of Sri...

CNW90: Jamerican accountant Pam Watson pleads guilty to fraud

A look at some of the top stories making the news today, September 29, across your Caribbean-American community in South Florida. In exchange for reduced...

Immigration Q&A: I-I30 family petition

Question: I filed an immigration petition for my married sister 3 years ago. Recently my father became a US citizen. Instead of filing a...