Archive – Caribbean Life

Caribbean Community Secretary-General Carla Barnett said 2025 was one of the most difficult years for the Caribbean, citing climate disasters and geopolitical tensions.

Major row over reappointment of Caricom secretary general

By Bert Wilkinson

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are present as passengers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint after hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were ordered to deploy to airports to help fill TSA staffing gaps, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 23, 2026.

Immigration advocates condemn Trump ‘erroneously’ justifying court house arrests of Caribbean migrants

By Nelson A. King

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar alongside Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meetings in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, February 25, 2026.

Trinidad & Tobago

US troops leave Tobago after dismantling high-grade radar

By Bert Wilkinson

Carrie Woerner

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Chair of the Assembly Standing Committee on Racing and Wagering, Assembly Member Carrie Woerner

Tyrell Hankerson and Farah Louis, both New York City Council Members; Monique Chandler-Waterman, New York State Assemblywoman; and Clyde Vanel, New York State Assemblyman, attend an MWBE Networking Reception hosted by Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, New York State Assemblywoman, during the 55 Annual Legislative Conference in Albany this year 2026. The event connected minority- and women-owned business with government leaders to promote awareness, inclusion, and support.

Politics

State lawmakers call communities to Albany for 2026 MWBE Advocacy Day

By Orlande Fleury

A vintage car passes by the Calixto Garcia hospital as Cuba’s once-vaunted healthcare system, long hailed as a cornerstone of the 1959 revolution, has deteriorated amid years of economic crisis and U.S. sanctions, a decline that has accelerated this year with U.S. restrictions on oil supplies, in Havana, Cuba, March 24, 2026.

News

Caribbean moves to aid Cuba amid crisis

By Bert Wilkinson

Lilia Burunciuc.

Barbados

World Bank provides funds to help Barbados modernize early education

By Nelson A. King

Actor with Down Syndrome Race Eberhardt, who stars in the upcoming action film Strait Undercover (2026), which premiered on YouTube on March 21, in honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

Movies

Actor with Down Syndrome stars in new action film

By Milette Millington

Sandy Nurse

PoliticsNY

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Council Member Sandy Nurse

Barbados' Mia Amor Mottley was elected the 8th prime minister of Barbados in 2018.

Barbados

Reggae royals battle for Crown and country; world leaders in the spotlight for Women’s History Month

By Vinette K. Pryce

India v West Indies - Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India - March 1, 2026 - West Indies' Jason Holder celebrates after taking the wicket of India's Hardik Pandya.

Sports

Holder lauded by Cricket West Indies for making World Cup Team of the Tournament

By Devika Ragoonanan

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is seen at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.

Sports

FIFA boss Gianni Infantio gets bonus increase

By Devika Ragoonanan

Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred crosses the line to win heat 4 of the women's 60m at the World Indoor Championships - Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena, Torun, Poland - March 21, 2026.

St Lucia

Caribbean athletes shine in World Athletics championship

By Devika Ragoonanan

West Indies head coach Daren Sammy.

Sports

Cricket West Indies president Shallow: Sammy stays

By Devika Ragoonanan

Hayley Matthews, right, scored 56 off 41 balls against the Australia women's national cricket team.

Sports

Matthews’ half century in vain as Aussie women dominate over West Indies

By Devika Ragoonanan

Guyanese-born Michelle R. DeSouza-Forte, Esq. addresses congregation at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn on Sunday, Mar. 15.

Guyana

Guyanese-born Attorney Michelle DeSouza-Forte seeks seat on Kings County Civil Court bench

By Nelson A. King

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