NEW YORK, NY — This October, Harlem becomes the epicenter of Caribbean cinema as the Nou Akoma Nou Sinèji Haitian Dominican Transnational Film Festival returns for its third annual celebration. Running from October 9 to 12, 2025, this vital cultural event amplifies voices that mainstream media often overlooks, presenting authentic stories from the communities that live them.
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CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA – Broward Health Coral Springs has achieved several milestones, establishing the hospital as a leader in robotic innovation and advanced patient care.
The lingering smell of marijuana in a car can lead to police stops. But according to Florida cannabis law experts Mutaqee Akbar and Davis Cannady, that odor alone is often used as a pretext to investigate more serious offenses.
MIAMI-DADE – Commissioner Marleine Bastien releases the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians:
Plantation, FL — Island SPACE Caribbean Museum proudly announces the recipients of its inaugural ICON Awards, to be presented at the museum’s fifth anniversary fundraising gala, Milestones: FIYAH! Fashion. Folklore. Future., on Sunday, October 26, 2025, at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa. This year’s honorees are four extraordinary leaders whose lives and legacies embody the brilliance and cultural pride of the Caribbean diaspora.
For five years, 56-year-old Lorne Walker struggled to walk comfortably after injuring his leg at work. Despite being in otherwise excellent health, complications following a previous knee replacement had left him in constant pain and dangerously close to losing his leg due to an infection.
LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. — More than 700 attendees gathered at Lauderdale Lakes Middle School on Saturday, June 7, for the second annual Island SPACE Mango Festival presented by Grace Foods. A celebration of the beloved tropical fruit, the event featured a full day of flavorful fun, interactive workshops and cultural engagement designed for the whole family.
Plantation, FL — This fall, step into a world where folklore struts the runway and the future blazes in a celebration of culture, elegance and diasporic pride. Island SPACE Caribbean Museum announces its fifth anniversary gala, Milestones: FIYAH! Fashion. Folklore. Future., taking place on Sunday, October 26, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the opulent Oceanfront Ballroom at Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa. Ticketing and sponsorship information is available at islandspacefl.org/fiyah.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Marketing professionals Angela D. Amos, Samuel K. Doss and Gregg M. Goldstein, attorney Meisha K. Coulter and mortgage broker Scott Brian Roberts have joined Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County’s Board of Directors.
‘Music For A King’, a concert honoring fathers, takes place on June 21 at Hollywood Community Church Auditorium. It is organized by the Legacy Learning Foundation (LLF), a non-profit based in South Florida.
Miami, FL – Be Strong International, a leading nonprofit dedicated to strengthening youth and families through healthy relationship education and community support, partnered with the Village of Palmetto Bay to host its annual Back-to-School Strong Drive-Thru Bookbag Distribution on Saturday, August 2, 2025.
The e-cigarette trend is raising alarms, especially among adolescents. Products disguised as everyday items make it easier to hide drug use and harder to prevent it.
Boca Raton, FL - The American Caribbean Maritime Foundation (ACMF), host of the Anchor Awards, today announced appointment of Rick Sasso, Chairman MSC Cruises USA and three other industry leaders recently to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Sasso brings fifty-plus years of cruise industry experience to the foundation as it pursues its goal of increasing professional capacity within the Caribbean shipping industry and addressing the global shortage of officers.