Caribbean Life News Headlines Archive for January 26, 2026

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Global dancehall icon Spice releases “Soft Girl Era.”

Music

Spice drops ‘Soft Girl Era’

By Nelson A. King

Book cover of “Lovely One: A Memoir Adapted for Young Adults” by Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Books

You won’t judge a book by its cover with this wonderful memoir

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

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QNS

High School juniors launch LIFT to provide free tutoring for students in need

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso

News

On King Day: Elected kings & kingpins hail Dr. King in Kings County

By Vinette K. Pryce

Professor Simanique Moody of Brooklyn College lights the Mishumaa Saba Candles during a pre-Kwanzaa commemoration in partnership with Marine Park Alliance and Brooklyn College, last Saturday at Carmine Carro Community Center in Brooklyn.

Black History Month

Black History Month 2026 commemorates a century of celebration

By Tangerine Clarke

Dr. Gladys Brown West, a Global Positioning System pioneer.

People

Sunshine Awards pays tribute to GPS pioneer Dr. Gladys Brown West

By Nelson A. King

Judge Lisa S.Ottley.

Trinidad & Tobago

Historic rise: Trinidadian-American justice heads to Appellate Division

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

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Bronx property owners and workforce push back against state weatherization program cuts

Comedy fundraiser to celebrate one year of bringing laughter and community to Q.E.D. Astoria

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Bronx property owners and workforce push back against state weatherization program cuts

attendees at New York City bar assocation attend screening of documentary about Ukraine

‘Soul Arbitration’: NYC Bar Association screens documentary on displacement of women and children by war in Ukraine