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Laniya Simmons, center, receives scholarship award, flanked by, L-R: Consul General to the US Rondy "Luta" McIntosh; his wife, Semone; Scholarship Committee Chairperson Celia Bramble; and Featured Speaker Sherrill-Ann Mason-Haywood.

St Vincent

Two Vincentian college students receive inaugural Independence Scholarships

By Nelson A. King

David Rodigan and Barry G at Groovin 2019.

Jamaica

Jamaican Diaspora broadcasters remember iconic radio host Barry G

By Nelson A. King

Cover of “Dancehall Ranger Riddim.”

Music

DJ Jahmar pays tribute to late father with ‘Dancehall Ranger Riddim’

By Nelson A. King

Keenan “Special” Bristol, a Guyanese-American artist and activist and founder of “Music Brings Life.”

Music

Music With a Mission

By Nelson A. King

Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates with his wife Rama Duwaji after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, at an election night rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 4, 2025.

Grenada

Caribbean politicians easily win re-election

By Nelson A. King

Movies

BPL presents LitFilm: A film festival about writers

By Nelson A. King

Cover of Ras Mista Fyah’s “Infinity.”

Music

‘Infinity’ floats in the top three spots on the iTunes Reggae Chart

By Nelson A. King

Dominican-born singer Rudy Ru$h.

Music

Rudy Ru$h electrifies World Creole Music Festival with ‘Anywhere We Go’

By Nelson A. King

BPM Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz.

Arts & Entertainment

After Federal cut, Black Public Media launches $9M ‘Black Stories’ Fund

By Nelson A. King

Dr. Dawn Marie Silvera, left, with friend, supporter and Jamaican compatriot Icilda Sibley at the Gala 28th Annual Vernese Weeks Scholarship Luncheon of the Bronx-Manhattan-Westchester (BMW) Chapter of the New York-based Caribbean-American Nurses Association (CANA) at Eastwood Manor in the Bronx.

Jamaica

Jamaican Family Nurse Practitioner Dr. Dawn Marie Silvera extols ‘sacred call of nursing’

By Nelson A. King

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Bahamas

AG Letitia James warns against charity scams amid Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

By Nelson A. King

Caribbean-American Democratic U.S. Representative Yvette D. Clarke addresses town hall meeting at George Wingate High School Auditorium in Brooklyn on June 16, 2025.

Jamaica

Sea-lift operation to aid Jamaica in wake of Hurricane Melissa

By Nelson A. King

Kacy Rankine at the Audacy Studio.

Music

NYC’s Roadblock Caribbean Radio expands to Connecticut

By Nelson A. King

Yvonne Peters makes grand entrance during her MTA retirement celebration in June 2025.

Fashion

CACG recruits beauty pageant contestants

By Nelson A. King

From top left: Kronos Quartet by Danica Taylor, Harry Connick Jr. by Georgia Connick, Rhiannon Giddens by Karen Cox, Marin Alsop by Nancy Horowitz,Wynton Marsalis by Piper Ferguson, and Artemis by John Abbott.

Music

Carnegie Hall presents ‘United in Sound: America at 250’ Festival

By Nelson A. King

Jacqueline Hopkins conducts The Jacqueline Hopkins Choir during its world premiere at FSUMC.

Jamaica

Homecoming Harmony

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