Caribbean Life News Headlines Archive for December 26, 2023

Members of the CARICOM Consular Corps, extreme left, back row, Mr. Jeremiah Hyacinth consul general Consulate General of Saint Lucia, front row second from left, Sheldon Peter consul general, Commonwealth of Dominica, Consul General of Guyana to NY, Michael E. Brotherson, Madam Marie Amy Charge d Affaires, consul general of the Republic of Haiti, Mrs. Alsion Wilson, consul general, Consulate General of Jamaica, and Leroy F. Major, Bahamas Consulate General, among other guests, at a Dec. 21 Christmas party at new location, 228 E 45th St., Manhattan.

Guyana

CG Brotherson shares Christmas cheer, goodwill at new office space in Manhattan

By Tangerine Clarke

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Hannah Alissa Richardson.

PROUD AILEY DANCER

By Nelson A. King

Dancehall singer Mr. Easy.

Music

Mr. Easy’s Dancehall Anthem ‘Drive Me Crazy’ turns 22

By Nelson A. King

Dominica

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

AAADT's Jacquelin Harris, Miranda Quinn and Constance Stamatiou in Alvin Ailey's Revelations.

Ailey gifts ‘Revelations’ for Christmas: L’Acadco offers New Year resolutions

By Vinette K. Pryce

Mayor Eric Adams.

Guest Perspective

Community Op-Ed: A year of getting stuff done for working-class New Yorkers

By Mayor Eric Adams

Moderators Jeanne Theoharis (top left) and Robyn Spencer-Antoine (top right), of the event hosted virtually on Dec. 7 by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library (NYPL). Panelists were Tanisha Ford (bottom left), Shennette Garrett Scott (bottom center) and Crystal Moten (bottom right).

People

Panelists discuss the significance and necessity of Black Freedom

By Milette Millington

Book cover of “Black AF History” by Michael Harriot.

Books

The Bookworm’s Best of 2023

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

More from Around NYC

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Congress Members demand Con Edison response to dielectric fluid leaks into Bronx River

Lawyers for Chanel Lewis filed a motion to vacate conviction in the killing of Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano saying he was the victim of “racial dragnet” by the NYPD.

Judge rejects motion to vacate conviction in 2016 murder of Karina Vetrano in Howard Beach: DA

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking at an event in a hard hat

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Planned Protected Time Off Law expansion goes into effect, mayor vows to pursue businesses who don’t comply

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaking at an event in a hard hat

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Planned Protected Time Off Law expansion goes into effect, mayor vows to pursue businesses who don’t comply