CRICKET IN QUEENS: R. Singh, batsman for Richmond Hill, runs to score as fielders from the Aviation Flyers wait for the retrieval of the ball, during a high school cricket match in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, April, 2, 2008. New York City schools launched a cricket league in April, apparently the first school system in the country to offer the sport. The response has been overwhelming, a reflection of the city's growing number of immigrants from the Caribbean and South Asia, where cricket is the most popular sport.

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COMMUNITY AWARDS: (Standing l-r) Desmond Green, director of Caribbean Affairs, Universal Peace Federation, NY, Dexter McKenzie, President, Provident Clinical Society, Dennis Hawthorne, CEO of Dennis Shipping Company, Robert "Bob" C. Desouza, CEO, Trans-Continental Express Shippers, Ian Forrest, communicator and honoree, Mathieu Eugene, New York City Council Member; Jamaica's Acting Consul General to New York, Lincoln Downer, Bishop Cecil G. Riley of Freedom Hall Church of God and Harry Bhoorasingh, Manager of Jamaica National Overseas, NY with honorees (seated l-r) Hope Morris representing Ken Williams, veteran broadcast; Karlene Gordon, Director of the Caribbean American Program for Empowerment; Annette M. Nelson, stage manager, Hyacinth E. Spence, community activist and Sadie Aarons-Campbell, President of the Jamaica Progressive League, Inc who were honoured at Black History Month Celebration at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Monday, (February 25)

Photo credit: Revengemediainc.com Internationally acclaimed poet, Ainsley Burrows on stage with his back up singers Lakcresha Berry, Ming and Sparla Swa at his successful album launch and listening party, Tuesday, March 18th at the Shrine World Music Venue in Harlem. EVOLVER, Burrows fifth album is set to hit the streets on April 16th.