Caribbean Life News Headlines Archive for April 8, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers Inaugural Address on Jan. 1, 2026.

Mamdani pushes equity agenda in first 100 days

By Nelson A. King

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne delivers a national statement during the high level segment on day three of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference at Baku Stadium on Nov. 13, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Antigua

Antigua calls election

By Bert Wilkinson

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Opposition Leader Dr. Goodwin Friday addresses town hall meeting at the Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center in Brooklyn in October 2028.

St. Vincent refuses deportees

By Bert Wilkinson

Amanda Babine & Jared Trujillo.

Guest Perspective

Op-Ed | Albany’s online ‘safety’ bill incentivizes surveillance, chills free expression

By Amanda Babine & Jared Trujillo

Hayley Matthews of West Indies bats during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Semi-Final 2024 match between West Indies and New Zealand at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on October 18, 2024 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Sports

King, Litchfield ensure Aussies sweep ODI Series

By Devika Ragoonanan

Rajasthan Royals' Dhruv Jurel in action against Gujarat Titan at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India on April 4, 2026.

Sports

Royals outlast Titans

By Devika Ragoonanan

The Honourable Olivia Babsy Grange, CD, MP, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Jamaica.

Sports

Jamaica Kingsmen join CPL

By Devika Ragoonanan

Performers in 'Invisible/Visible: Telling It Like It Is.’

News

ZCO Dance Project, Deaf Music Ensemble tell it ‘Like It Is’

By Nelson A. King

Samilia Clarke, known professionally as Lily Mulann, poses inside her Brooklyn studio with celebrity client Lea Robinson, where she has built a six-figure hair business rooted in her Caribbean upbringing.

St Lucia

St. Lucian entrepreneur styles path to six-figure success

By Tracey Khan

Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica arrives to the Microsoft Theater for the opening ceremonies of the IX Summit of the Americas on June 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

Dominica

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Former Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller speaking at a lecture organized by the Barbados Small Business Association at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.

Jamaica

PNP Patriots: Honor Simpson-Miller for hospital concept

By Dawn Plummer

More from Around NYC

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At Hostos Community College, Mayor Mamdani hears from young renters priced out of the Bronx

With Christina Strassfield (Executive Director, Southampton Arts Center) at our Dan's Papers Rosé Soirée

Victoria’s Secrets: A wonderful week

Israel Day Parade spectators

Israel Day Parade marches up 5th Avenue as Hochul signs buffer zone bill

students in a workshop working on a solar car

Staten Island students head to Texas for Solar Car Challenge this summer