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AFRO TV : Announces a Digital Concert Series Kicking off With a Celebration of the 218th Anniversary of the Haitian Flag 04/30/2021 | 05:57pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields AFRO TV today unveiled AFROJams, its new Live Concert Series for the virtual era hosted by renowned singer Sisaundra Lewis from NBC The Voice. The series will kick off Live on May 18, 2021 with performances from 6 groundbreaking and very popular Haitian Artists in celebration of the 218th anniversary of the Ha...

Bronx Special Election Could Establish A New Political Dynasty arrow Eric Dinowitz (at podium) at an event in 2019 in the Bronx. His father, Jeff Dinowitz, stands near him to the right. Eric Dinowitz Campaign Of the five candidates vying to come out on top in the Bronxs 11th Council District special election this month, Eric Dinowitz stands the most to gain. For Dinowitz, a lead contender, his prospect of winning the seat is boosted by local name recognition — his fath...

arrow Andrew Freedman Home on October 29th, 2020 during early voting. David Cruz / Gothamist In the run-up to the June primary, the Bronx Democratic Party is backing more women candidates for the New York City Council than ever before, which could tip the scales for the first time toward a female majority of local Bronx legislators. The shift reflects the changing face of politics, which throughout more recent years has seen more women run for office. For Marjorie Velazquez, who s...

SHARE: The unfolding nursing home crisis that’s got Gov. Andrew Cuomo sweating has left Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a tough position too. He’s remained largely silent as outspoken members of his conference have increasingly supported repealing the governor’s vast emergency powers and as Cuomo attacks one of his own members. But ahead of what could potentially be a contentious conference on Monday about the governor’s emergency powers, members of the Assembly still appear to be givi...

R.I.P. to this nonagenarian hottie. Frederick M. Brown/Getty A sixth Seattle Police Department officer self-reports being in D.C. on Jan. 6 when the mob stormed the Capitol building: Guess they needed enough officers for a little post-insurrection 3-on-3. The Office of Police Accountability is investigating this sixth SPD officer. Only two cops, however, have been placed on administrative leave. Because the other four self-reported and "have not yet been found to have violated any policy or la...

Obituary - Michael Benjamin “Mike” Olliff Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory Michael Benjamin “Mike” Olliff, age 73, passed away quietly with his loving children at his side on Friday, January 22nd, 2021, at East Georgia Regional Medical Center following a brief hospitalization due to a chronic medical illness.     Mike was born in Metter, Ga., on September 9th, 1947, to the late Mr. James Clifton Olliff and Mrs. Mae Cumming Olliff. He attend...

Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan II (Gregorio Honasan FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a 56-page resolution dated December 16, 2020, the anti-graft court granted the demurrer to evidence of Honasan and his co-accused, which is an objection made by the defense arguing that the evidence produced by the prosecution is insufficient in point of law and will not be enough to sustain a guilty verdict. Since the court granted it, the case was dismissed. Honasan was earlier slapped wit...

for the ethical treatment of animals. it blows the whistle on unethical treatment of animals anytime it can. they are denied freedom, peta, claims and everything else that is natural and important to them while kept in small, concrete tanks and reduced to performing stupid tricks. the 13th amendment prohibits slavery and these orcas are, by definition, slaves. seaworld, of course, couldnt disagree more. i want to reed you its statement to cnn. this effort to extend the 13th amendments ...

you may not be surprised to hear whos behind it, peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals. it blows the whistle on unethical treatment of animals anytime it can. they are denied freedom, peta, claims and everything else that is natural and important to them while kept in small, concrete tanks and reduced to performing stupid tricks. the 13th amendment prohibits slavery and these orcas are, by definition, slaves. seaworld, of course, couldnt disagree more. i want to reed you it...

high as we want to. i dont know, that doesnt seem to be the goal of the community either. so i think its kind of like this, you know, vice president olague: a rock and a hard place. commissioner sugaya: yeah. im curious. im going to try to go back and try to rezone everything and figure out now in more detail why in a lot of these tier c areas are surrounding the smaller parcels in the neighborhood. im sure we had that discussion, but it escapes me now as to why that happened. im for k...