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Jamaican-born entrepreneur Jermaine Parker.

Business

Jamaican Jermaine Parker opens state-of-the-art recording studio in the Bronx

By Nelson A. King

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

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

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Members of Steel Pulse a British reggae band.

Music

Steel Pulse pays tribute to Sly Dunbar, Jamaica’s greatest drummer

By Nelson A. King

Kamla Millwood, right, with Vincentian author Caren Charles De Freitas, displaying books written by Charles De Freitas and published by Millwood's Palatial Publishing, LLC.

Business

Palatial Publishing turns 11, launches business showcase

By Nelson A. King

Former cricketer Sir Clive Lloyd after he received a Knighthood in an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Jan. 12, 2022 in Windsor, England.

Sports

Sir Clive backs Windies ahead of T20 World Cup

By Devika Ragoonanan

Barbados' Prime Minister, Mia Mottley.

Barbados

Barbados political storm over voter rolls

By Bert Wilkinson

Reggae artist, Marcia Griffiths and Dr. Deon Edwards-Kerr, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education, in the Council Room at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica.

Jamaica

Reggae legend Marcia Griffiths earns UWI Doctorate for cultural legacy

By Dawn Plummer

Azruddin Mohamed, 38, of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) political party in Guyana.

Guyana

Extradition-facing tycoon elected Guyana Opposition Leader

By Bert Wilkinson

Javia Shaw, against the backdrop of aquamarine water, and happy customers, praised his family company Know Jamaica Tours & Travels for sharing jaunts that represent the rich cultural and history of the island nation. Shaw was one of hundreds of presenters at the 2026 New York Travel & Adventure Show, at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, on Jan. 24, 2026.

Jamaica

From Mother to Son: Know Jamaica Tours’ 20-year journey

By Tangerine Clarke

Matthew Forde of West Indies bowls during the 2nd ODI between West Indies and England at Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, on Nov. 2, 2024.

Sports

Dramatic Dubai win

By Devika Ragoonanan

Cricket player batsman hitting a ball with a bat shot from below against a blue sky

Sports

Scotland replaces Bangladesh at T20 World Cup

By Devika Ragoonanan

Lynette Burnley, aunt of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, lights a candle at an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 22, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian family sues U.S. for boat strike deaths

By Bert Wilkinson

Brooklyn US Representative Hakeem Jeffries.

Politics

Dems want Noem fired, impeached

By Nelson A. King

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime addresses the audience after taking office as the nation's new interim leader, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Nov. 11, 2024.

Haiti

CARICOM blocks ouster

By Bert Wilkinson

New York Attorney General Letitia James walks to the podium during New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inauguration ceremony in New York City, U.S., Jan. 1, 2026.

AG James targets xAI over troubling Grok content

By Nelson A. King

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