Rent A Ride At Wheel Fun This Summer
Wheel Fun Rentals, voted the nation’s #1 recreation rental company, has opened its seventh location in the NY area! Offering specialty bikes and cycles of all sizes, this new rental location is...
View ArticleTheatre and More This Summer At Molloy College
Madison Theatre has an exciting summer planned for 2016. We have also had a very active campus during the summer months, but this year has many additions that we hope to carry over from year to year....
View ArticleAdventureland: Your Destination For Adventures This Summer
What to do with the kids when school is out? Taking them to Adventureland amusement park in Long Island could be the perfect summer treat. Starting June 22, the park will be open daily, and it’s...
View ArticleSpend A FINtastic Day At The Aquarium
This FINtastic destination features one of the largest all-living coral reef displays in this hemisphere, a 120,000-gallon shark tank, year-round sea lion shows, African Penguins, Marmosets, numerous...
View ArticleWhat You’ll See And Hear This Summer – What’s Hitting The Big Screen And...
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Movies: “X-Men: Apocalypse” Release Date: May 27 Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult and more. As if the global smash hit,...
View ArticleGet Lost In Literature In The Summer Months
BY DOMENICK RAFTER Editor in Chief If sitting back with a book under the warm sun is your thing in the summer, here’s a few choice books for you to spur your imagination on those warm days by the pool...
View ArticleHead Down To The Beach This Summer
BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer With miles of beautiful shores in the Rockaways at the advantage of all Queens residents there will be no limit to the summer fun. After almost four years of waiting, beach...
View ArticleEDUCATION: Dr. Ivelaw Griffith: A Leader In Advanced Studies
BY LYNN EDMONDS Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith is both an intellectual giant in his field, Hemisphere Studies, as well as a university administrator who has led numerous institutions, including...
View ArticleSERVICE: Catherine Pollard – Promoting Dialogue Around The World
Catherine Pollard, a career diplomat and Guyana-native, is one of the most prominent diplomats at the United Nations. On Nov. 27, 2015, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the...
View ArticleRalph Tamesh – Bringing Together A Community
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ “I moved to Richmond Hill because it’s little Guyana,” said Ralph Tamesh, President of the Indo-Caribbean Federation and a Richmond Hill resident since 1989, “It’s home.” With...
View ArticleSERVICE: Pam Jackman-Brown – Upholding Our Laws
In November 2011, Justice Pam Jackman-Brown was elected to the New York State Supreme Court’s 11th District, which compromises the borough of Queens. Born in Berbice, Guyana to Charles and Olga...
View ArticleBUSINESS: Sybil’s: A Mainstay Of Guyanese Cuisine
BY TRONE DOWD Sybil’s has been a staple of the Guyanese community for more than three decades, and for good reason. The family restaurant is known world wide as a place to get traditional, Caribbean...
View ArticleRajendra Hariprashad: Family Helped Me Succeed
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ If there’s anything Rajendra Hariprashad got out of his 11 years in Guyana, it’s that keeping family together is important, he told the Queens Tribune. Hariprashad, owner of Ena’s...
View ArticleBUSINESS: Rhonda Binda: A People Of Diverse Talents
Rhonda Binda, executive director of the Jamaica Center Business Improvement District, specifically pointed to the importance of education to Guyanese people as a major reason for their successes both...
View ArticleOP ED: Regions Of Guyana, Unite
BY PROFESSOR IVELAW LLOYD GRIFFITH, PHD One of Guyana’s most popular National Songs entreats us thus, “Let us co-operate for Guyana Let us co-operate for our land, Let us resolve to fight together See...
View ArticleGuyana: Strong And Proud At 50
BY DHANPAUL NARINE Guyana is fifty years old. It was on a beautiful evening on May 26th, 1966 when the Union Jack was lowered and was replaced by the Golden Arrowhead. As euphoria swept the nation the...
View ArticleGuyana Fact Sheet
Guyana is a small country on the northern coast of South America, bordered by Venezuela to the west; Suriname to the east; Brazil to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It is part of what...
View ArticleSky’s The Limit: New LIC Project Sends Queens’ Skyline Even Higher
BY DOMENICK RAFTER Editor in Chief The battle to dominate Long Island City’s growing skyline is quickly becoming an arms race. Yet another proposal is preparing to take the claim of Queens’ tallest...
View Article12 Acre Industrial Property Sold In Maspeth
BY JON CRONIN Staff Writer A 12 acre site in the industrial section of Maspeth along Newtown Creek was recently bought for $55.8 million. The industrial site was acquired by Parkwill Management...
View ArticleBig Plans On Barnett Ave: Phipps Houses Plans Affordable Development In...
BY ARIEL HERNANDEZ Staff Writer Phipps Houses, owners of Phipps Garden Apartments (built in 1931), is proposing a 10-story, 209-unit affordable housing development on 50-25 Barnett Ave. in Sunnyside,...
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