Archive – Caribbean Life

Walter A. Greene, the late legendary Guyanese-born fashion journalist, model, and designer (left), with friend Lorna Welshman-Neblett, president of Health Education Relief Organization for Cancer, (H.E.R.O.C.) at her awards ceremony in Manhattan, some years ago.

Guyana

Legendary fashion journalist, Walter A. Greene laid to rest after a moving home going celebration

By Tangerine Clarke

Book cover of “Building The Worlds That Kill Us” by David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz.

Books

Sniffles? Cough and sneezes? Read this book for your health

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

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Jamaica

Real estate scams on the rise in Jamaica

By Dawn Plummer

Suriname former President Desi Bouterse leaves the High Court of Justice for his appeal case against the Court Martial sentence of 20-year jail for his involvement in the murder of 15 people when he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo on March 31, 2023.

Suriname

Bouterse’s death sparks major row in Suriname

By Bert Wilkinson

Keren Espinoza, center, surrounded by Help Us Help the World Foundation members and community leaders during the Christmas toy giveaway.

Queens

Bringing holiday cheer: Help Us Help the World Foundation spreads joy in Richmond Hill and Ozone Park

By Tracey Khan

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Restoration Plaza on July 28, 2022 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City

Adams to deliver 2025 State of the City Address at The Apollo

By Nelson A. King

Governor Kathy Hochul unveils Liberty Landing, a transformative project to convert the state-owned 100,000 square-foot former Bayview Correctional Facility in Manhattan into affordable housing for low-income residents and supportive housing for formerly incarcerated individuals reentering the community. The proposed project, a joint venture between Camber Property Group and Osborne Association, would invest over $108 million in West Chelsea and provide 124 permanently affordable housing units and on-site supportive services.

Hochul grants clemency to 22

By Nelson A. King

Keith Rowley, Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, speaks during a plenary session of the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2022.

St Kitts and Nevis

Violent crime spirals

By Bert Wilkinson

Tropicalfete’s Grand Finale 3 Steel Pan Performance.

Dance

Tropicalfete celebrates ‘Year of Cultural Excellence’

By Nelson A. King

Val Adams was the opening act during VINCI 40th Anniversary Gala Luncheon at El Caribe Country Club in Brooklyn.

Haiti

Top Entertainment Stories 2024

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams.

Year-in-Review 2024

By Nelson A. King

President of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali, First Lady Ayra Ali, and sons, Sayd and Llan welcomed the Guyanese to the joyous celebration of Christmas Eve with music, song, and dance. The Frist Family, seventh and eighth from left, waved their arms to the music. Further left are Ministers Kwame McCoy, Charles Ramson Jr., Juan Edghill, Oneidge Walron, Mrs. Phillips (partly hidden, and Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Phillips.

Guyana

Guyana President Irfaan Ali says love can foster unity, nurture compassion

By Tangerine Clarke

Olive Rowe states, "everything is gone, everything is gone," as she stands in her home that was destroyed when Hurricane Beryl passed through the area on July 05, 2024 in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica.

Dominica

Year In Review 2024

By Bert Wilkinson

Brooklyn's Black Santa with Council Member Rita Joseph (right).

Arts & Entertainment

Caribbean-American District Leader Anthony Beckford plays Brooklyn’s Black Santa joyfully

By Nelson A. King

Book cover of “Spirit Crossing” by Williams Kent Krueger.

Books

Bookworm’s Best of 2024

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Colorized illustration (after an engraving dated circa 1821) depicts English General Thomas Maitland (1760 - 1824) (third left) and Haitian military leader and revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743 - 1803) (second right) as they sign a treaty, March 30, 1798.

Haiti

Republic of Haiti marks 221 independent years Jan. 1.

By Vinette K. Pryce

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Rep. Ritchie Torres blasts Gov. Hochul over subway crime

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Queens leaders react to New Year’s night mass shooting at Jamaica event space, security measures scrutinized

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Rep. Ritchie Torres blasts Gov. Hochul over subway crime

Police at stabbing scene in Manhattan

Harlem man arrested for slashing senior dead in first NYC homicide of 2025