Dominican Republic News – Caribbean Life

Jerelyn Rodriguez Williams, CEO and co-founder of The Knowledge House, leads the nonprofit’s efforts to expand access to technology education and career pathways for students from underrepresented communities.

Dominican Republic

The Knowledge House builds a pipeline of tech talent rooted in the Bronx

By Tracey Khan

A scene from the film “Sugar Island” directed by Johanne Gómez Terrero.

Dominican Republic

‘Sugar Island’ wins 2025 Public Award for Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color

By Nelson A. King

Drone view of vehicles driving along a flooded road, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, Jamaica, Nov. 2, 2025.

Cuba

JAH live: JAH JAH guide: Africa unite for Jamrock

By Vinette K. Pryce

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media accompanied by players of the Juventus soccer team, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 18, 2025.

Dominican Republic

New US Remittance Tax for Caribbean residents

By Dawn Plummer

Founders Patrick Cruz and Ka-wana Jefferson inside Lost Borough Ice Cream’s Yonkers flagship, where Caribbean heritage meets handcrafted sweetness.

Dominican Republic

Yonkers’ Lost Borough Ice Cream scoops up expansion for National Ice Cream Month

By Tracey Khan

Colorful buildings in the capital St. George, Grenada. The Chinese has funded several projects in Grenada including low income housing and upgrading the Maurice Bishop International Airport.

Antigua

China heads for the Caribbean

By Dawn Plummer

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados speaks at the Global Renewables Summit, co-hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Global Renewables Alliance on September 24, 2024 in New York City.

Barbados

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Dominican Republic

CARICOM SET TO GROW

By Bert Wilkinson

Antigu and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne (left) with the President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader.

Bahamas

Multinational force to deploy to Haiti

By Bert Wilkinson

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso (left) with honorees.

Dominican Republic

Brooklynites celebrate Dominican heritage at Borough Hall

By Nelson A. King

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic expels, mistreats Haitians, activists say

By DANICA COTO

Jamaican recording artist Lincoln 3Dot. Creed Music Global

Dominican Republic

Lincoln 3Dot flaunts Dembow music influence in ‘Bang’

By Nelson A. King

Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow signs the Paris Agreement on climate change at United Nations Headquarters in New York

CARICOM braces for yet another general elections

By Bert Wilkinson

Residents walk along a street affected by the passage of Tropical Storm Laura, in Port-au-Prince

Cash-strapped Caribbean recovers from deadly Storm Laura

By Andre Paultre & Sarah Marsh

Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.

Travel

Trump advises US nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Caribbean

By Nelson A. King

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Varadero, Cuba

News

Empty resorts spell long crisis for Caribbean as coronavirus hits

By Marc Frank & Kate Chappell

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