News – Caribbean Life

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, center, flanked by Caribbean and other elected officials at the opening of the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.

News

Recreation Center in East Flatbush honors Chisholm legacy

By Nelson A. King

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.

News

Cash via CBI

By Bert Wilkinson

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Business

New immigration rules bar Green Card holders from SB loans

By Dawn Plummer

Guyana native Richard David, who is the director of Queens Regional & Community Affairs at Con Edison, as well as a community leader and disability advocate.

News

Guyanese-born Richard S. David named ‘Chef of the Year’ honoree

By Milette Millington

Former NFL football player Herschel Walker, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the Bahamas, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025.

Bahamas

U.S.-China in major row over Bahamian hospital

By Bert Wilkinson

Assembly MemberRodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn in her office in Flatbush.

Politics

Brooklyn Kings County Dems rescind endorsement of Hochul

By Nelson A. King

Former St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves.

St Vincent

Deportee request denied

By Bert Wilkinson

U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke.

Haiti

Caribbean pols, immigration advocates welcome Haiti TPS court ruling

By Nelson A. King

News

Mayor Mamdani joins DCWP and NYC Health + Hospitals to launch free tax prep services for New Yorkers

By Tangerine Clarke

Mayor of the City of New York Zohran K. Mamdani, center, with Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman, left, and owner of the Hills Restaurant Doris Rodney, after a 2025 walkabout in Little Caribbean in Brooklyn.

News

Mayor Mamdani joins DCWP and NYC Health + Hospitals to launch free tax prep services for New Yorkers

By Tangerine Clarke

The late Sybil Teresa Smith, 98, left, with loving son Roger Gary during one of their many outings in Brooklyn. She was laid to rest on Jan.28, after passing away on Jan. 21, 2026.

Guyana

Designer Roger Gary mourns mother Sybil Teresa Smith, 98

By Tangerine Clarke

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Prime Minister of Grenada The Hon. Dickon Mitchell attends the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 23, 2024 in New York City.

Antigua

Grenada weighs pact to accept non-national deportees

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Daryl Vaz.

News

Officials temper oil find excitement in Jamaica

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's new Ambassador to the United States, retired Major General, Antony Anderson.

Jamaica

Jamaica seeks expanded access to U.S. Work Visa Programs

By Dawn Plummer

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QNS

High School juniors launch LIFT to provide free tutoring for students in need

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso

News

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By Vinette K. Pryce

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