Archive – Caribbean Life

West Indies coach Andre Coley during a nets session at Trent Bridge on July 16, 2024 in Nottingham, England.

Sports

Coley: ‘My job is not finished yet’

By Devika Ragoonanan

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State speech at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, New York on Jan. 14, 2025.

Hochul’s ‘fighting for your family’ in 2025 State of the State

By Nelson A. King

Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, speaks onstage during the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 24, 2024 in New York City.

Guyana

Black officer sidelined

By Bert Wilkinson

The Stewart Hotel in midtown Manhattan is being used as an intake and assessment center for recently arrived immigrants on October 07, 2022 in New York City. A parking lot is being prepared on Randall's Island for the arrival of migrants that have arrived from Texas. After cancelling the plan to house asylum seekers in tents on Orchard Beach, Mayor Eric Adams is now preparing to move the site to Randall's Island.

Adams closes more Caribbean migrant shelters

By Nelson A. King

Cricket ball

Sports

CWI reintroduces first-inning points in four-day championships

By Devika Ragoonanan

Cricket West Indies President, Dr. Kishore Shallow.

Sports

Shallow promises to seek West Indies interest at ICC

By Devika Ragoonanan

Kirani James of Grenada in action in the Men's 400m Round 1 Heat 5 during the Athletics Competition at the Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France.

Sports

James conferred with honorary Doctor of Laws

By Devika Ragoonanan

Alick Athanaze (L) of Barbados Royals hits 4 during the Men's 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League match 18 between Barbados Royals and Saint Kitts and Nevis Patriots at Kensington Oval on Sept. 17, 2024 in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Sports

Magnificent score

By Devika Ragoonanan

Joé Dwèt Filé performs onstage during Global Citizen's Power Our Planet: Live in Paris on June 22, 2023 in Paris, France.

Haiti

Billboard lists 10 Caribbean artists to watch in 2025

By Nelson A. King

Reggae-dancehall artiste, Alkaline.

Movies

Alkaline’s New Rules Festival heads to Toronto

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican singer Beres Hammond.

Music

Valentine’s Day Concert

By Nelson A. King

District Leader of Richmond Hill and Ozone Park, Albert Basdeo.

Guyana

Albert Baldeo condemns Maduro’s threat to elect Essequibo governor

By Tangerine Clarke

Screengrab of Rita Omokha (pronounced O-mo-cah), Nigerian American journalist and author of Resist: How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America (St. Martin's Press/MacMillan, 2024).

Books

Queens Public Library hosts talk with Nigerian author on debut book

By Milette Millington

Book cover of “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement” by Juan Williams.

Books

The Civil Rights Movement, Part II

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

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Bronx Times

Schneps Media to host the 20th annual Bronx Power List

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AMNY

Op-Ed | Making New York City the best place to raise a family

More from Around NYC

ProXtracts was issued the first tier one cannabis processing license in New York City and plans to start producing this spring in Morris Park.

NYC’s first tier one cannabis facility opening in the Bronx this spring

Video footage that the NYPD released Wednesday shows the suspect moving debris next to the sleeping individual, in the view of two other passengers, seconds before it burst into flames. The firebug then moved to exit the train car as the individual slept.

Arsonist at large for setting fire near Queens subway passenger and torching NYPD vehicle at City Hall

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Trump’s second term sparks fear among New York’s immigrant communities as deportation plans loom

Lorna Courtney and the cast of "& Juliet"

‘& Juliet’ shatters Shakespeare with pop anthems, glitter and a fearless heroine