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Jose Juan: sings "St. Vincent Carnival" in preliminary judging, for Vincy Mas, of Dynamite Calypso Tent in Brooklyn in June 2023.

Music

Jose Juan recalls his calypso odyssey

By Nelson A. King

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn.

News

Bichotte Hermelyn observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Nelson A. King

Singer Richie Stephens shares lens time backstage at Rebel Salute 2024 with Special K of I-Land Vybzz TV (left) and Karen Belgrave.

Music

Richie Stephens hails promoter Tony Rebel for successful Rebel Salute concert

By Nelson A. King

A young woman helps prepare for the Kumina ceremony in “KUMINA QUEEN.”

Movies

Caribbean Film Series explores wonder, traumas of family history and legacies

By Nelson A. King

St. Lucian-born reggae singer Esther Sings

Music

Esther Sings’ ‘Follow You’

By Nelson A. King

Pastor the Rev. Dr. Neithe Soleyn delivers the sermon at the funeral service for Vincentian soccer star Elliott "Morey" Millington in August 2023.

St Vincent

Pastor Neithe Soleyn remains ‘positive, strong’ at Faith Deliverance Pentecostal Church of God

By Nelson A. King

Guyanese attorney Dawn Cush.

Guyana

Activist Guyanese lawyer claims Afro-Guyanese increasingly ‘alienated’, discriminated against by incumbent government

By Nelson A. King

Governor Kathy Hochul.

Hochul leads coalition for federal action on immigration

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams announces more than $2 bllion in medical debt to be cancelled.

Health

Billions for medical debt relief for New Yorkers

By Nelson A. King

South Queens Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar.

Cannabis

Queens pol tables legislation to immediately close illegal ganja shops

By Nelson A. King

Rev. Ian B. Straker.

Brooklyn

Jamaican-American clergyman calls for ‘massive infusion of humanitarian aid’ in Israeli-Hamas war

By Nelson A. King

Bonnie Browne's son, Damany, left, and other other members of the Browne family in front pew.

St Vincent

Vincentian musicians pay tribute to music icon Bernard ‘Bonnie’ Browne

By Nelson A. King

Hercules sings "50 Years" on way to winning Golden Jubilee Independence Monarch.

Grenada

KING HERCULES

By Nelson A. King

Trinidadian calypsonian Keet Styla, aka Designer.

Trinidad & Tobago

Calypsonian Designer still dreams to win GRAMMY Award for calypso, soca

By Nelson A. King

Honorees with members of the South Jersey Caribbean Cultural and Development Organization Inc. From left, Star Benjamin, Livingston Benjamin, Kordell Baily, Dave Benjamin Watkis, Rohan Pierre, Berdine Gordon-Litterean, Niger Ali Sr, Denise Willoughby, Keith Mitchell Morgan, Eldiean Morgan, James Cordice, and Kylla Herbert.

South Jersey Caribbean Cultural group shows appreciation, honors six

By Nelson A. King

Guyanese cultural icon Claire Ann Goring.

Guyana

Pre-eminent Guyanese cultural icon Claire Ann Goring passes in Long Island

By Nelson A. King

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