Tangerine Clarke, Author at Caribbean Life

From left are Queens College President Frank H. Wu, Chief Diversity Officer, Dean of Diversity, QC and Co-Chair of the Celebration Committee member Jerima DeWese, Dean of Arts and Sciences Simone L. Yearwood, celebration committee member, Journalist Carol Jenkins and Queens Borough President Donovan J. Richards Jr. during the presentation of the Martin Luther King Award from QC, to Jenkins, on Jan. 18, at a MLK commemoration in the Goldstein Theatre in Queens College in Flushing.

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Music and memory fill Queens as MLK legacy takes center stage

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President of the New Jersey-based Guyana Heritage Foundation Inc, Lady Ira Lewis flashes a big smile, as the happy kids looks on during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the Lady Ira Family Empowerment (LIFE) Library in the small Agricola Village, on the East Bank of Demerara in Guyana. The very first public reading room was launched on Jan. 10, 2026.

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President of the Guyana America Heritage Foundation USA, Lady Ira Lewis, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Charles S. Ramson, and Caribbean Life's contributor Tangerine Clarke, during a Dec. 21, toy giveaway in Agricola Village, on the East Coast of Demerara, Guyana.

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Guyana minister, Diaspora group bring holiday cheer and hope to Agricola youth

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Gospel singer Robert Bailey, left with wife Reverend Marie Berbick-Bailey. The crooner's anthem of new release hope “Breakthrough” is dedicated to Jamaicans affected by Hurricane Melissa.

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Robert Bailey releases ‘Breakthrough,’ an anthem of hope after Hurricane Melissa

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Proud Guyanese stand next to one of 23 Illustrations of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs exhibition, showcasing a poster with Guyana Gateway in Brooklyn, and Little Guyana in Queens and the Bronx. The launch of the pop-up exhibition was held on Dec. 10 at 253 Broadway in NYC. From left, Claire Patterson-Monah, Dr. Terrence Blackman, Brooklyn Community Board 17 Manager, Sherif Barker, Commissioner Manuel Castro, Caribbean Life's contributor Tangerine Clarke, Sookranie Dhanpat, and Pastor James Richmond.

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NYC celebrates immigrant enclaves, MOIA launches ‘We Love Immigration’ Series honoring Guyana Gateway Partners

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Mary and Joseph, welcome arrivals to the manger where Baby Jesus lay in a crib dressed in swaddling clothes. This Nativity station attracted children, and adults alike at a Christmas Village celebration at Liberty Bible Fellowship Church, in Ozone Park Queens, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.

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Christmas Village brings joy, wonder, and holiday magic to life

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From left, Immigration Attorney Melnia Cordis, host of the Reset Talk Show, JR Giddings, family, Maria Weigand, Mrs. Sharon Weigand, Audiologist, SUNY Downstate Hospital, John Weigand, Public Advocate Jumaane Willliams, volunteer Claire Patterson-Monah, and children with their toys, at the 2nd Annual toy giveaway, hosted by the Reset Talk Show, at Reflections Church, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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Reset Talk Show hosts Holiday Giveaway for children in Brooklyn

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Guyana Consulate Staffer, Karen Pesaud, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and Sudesh Persaud, (husband and wife) pose with the head-of-state's at the International Center for Democracy Christmas during a layover in NYC, on his way to Guyana, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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President Ali praises Diaspora loyalty during Holiday stop in New York

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Maxanne Rock's Global Temperature acrylic on canvas.

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Artists for Action: Exhibition on climate change awareness in the Americas on display in Harlem

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Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith present the CD insignia to husband Omar Wilson. Sharing the occasion is Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (left) and Shaune Anthony Brown (right), family friend.

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Santa's Elves welcomed celebrants to Liberty Bible Fellowship Church Christmas Village with big smiles and homemade drinks of sorrel, ginger beer, mauby, golden apple juice, and treats, as they entered the lobby area of the sanctuary.

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Candidate for Assembly Member in District 59, Jibreel Jalloh, sixth from left, (holding microphone) surrounded by residents, faith leaders, business owners, veterans,political organizations, and supporters at a Nov 30, campaign launch for Assembly Member of District 59.

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Brooklyn’s Jibreel Jalloh enters 2026 Assembly Race

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From left, WTCG Executive Director Wesley Kirton; CARICOM Deputy Secretary General Dr. Armstrong Alexis; Dr. Olinda Salguero Vice President Latin American &; Caribbean Presidential Mission; and John Dickson, a director of the Presidential Mission.

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Latin American Presidential Mission seeks closer ties with CARICOM

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From left, Council Member Rita Joseph, PS 135 Superintendent Celeste Terry, Principal of PS 135 Mrs. Mcrae, front, Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman, Busta Rhymes, Dr. Meda Leacock, and others helping the Blessings Don't Stop singer distribute turkeys on Nov.22, 2025 at PS 135.

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Elected officials on Nov. 15, presented accolades to two humanitarians at the year-end Queens Book Festival & Literary Festival, Inc. and the NYC office of Adult & Continuing Education at the Queens Library in Richmond Hill. From left are representative from Assembly Member David Weprin's office Anthony Lemma, Council Member Kaleel Anderson, honorees Swami Durga Das of the River Fund Pantry, Tony Singh of the Community Pantry, Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar, and Dr. Dhanpaul Narine, founder of Queens Book Fair & Literary Festival Inc.

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Queens Book Fair honors community heroes at ‘Giving Thanks’ celebration

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Panelists at the Nov. 14, 2025, Guyana Diaspora Forum Series: NY edition at the Vetro Restaurant in Howard Beach, was moderated by Wazim Mowla, left, next to him is, Taij Persaud, government relations advisor, ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, Faizal Joe Yussuf, advisor on Investment & Diaspora Affairs, Rafael Fumis, country manager, MODEC Guyana, and Imogen Ferdinand, executive secretary, Berbice Chambers and Development Association.

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Exxon’s $60B push sends Guyana output soaring to 900,000 barrels — Big opportunity for Diaspora

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