Caribbean Life News Headlines Archive for February 17, 2025

From left, Kayla Sconiers, Brittney Bryanna Burgess, Alexis V. Prescott, and Brianna Garcon are all alumni of the Eastman College of Music at the University of Rochester and the creators of Black Collegiate Musicians (BCM).

Music

New union aids Black music students access to needed resources

By Milette Millington

Jack O. Ombaka spokesman for the Multinational Security Mission in Haiti (MMS) addresses the press as second contingent of 70 Salvadoran soldiers arrive in Haiti to join UN-backed multinational force aimed at combating armed criminal gangs in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on February 04, 2025. Despite the presence of the multinational force, gangs continue to wreak havoc in metropolitan areas of Port-au-Prince.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to meet with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the 61st Munich Security Conference on February 15, 2025 in Munich, Germany. International defence and security leaders from around the world are gathering for the Feb. 14-16 conference.

Guyana

Stop China’s march on Caribbean say Congressional reps to administration

By Bert Wilkinson

Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. had a deep discussion about libraries with podcast guest Dennis Walcott.

Books

Addabbo features Dennis Walcott on ‘Library Lovers’

By Nelson A. King

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (1887-1940) Jamaican-born Pan-Africanist publisher, journalist and orator. Founder in 1914 of the Universal Negro Improvement Association aimed at uniting Africa and its diaspora.

Guest Perspective

Garvey pardoned after 101 years

By Sadie Campbell – President of the Jamaica Progressive League

Book cover of “Becoming Spectacular” by Jennifer Jones.

Books

The steps you take to break ground

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Jamaica PM Andrew Holness at White House.

Jamaica

Despite slash to USAID ‘Friends’ assure partnerships with Jamaica

By Vinette K. Pryce

Brooklyn-born singer/songwriter Ajii, left, and Wé Ani.

Music

Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter Ajii, Wé Ani ‘Forget About You’

By Nelson A. King

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