Archive – Caribbean Life

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.

Guyana

First public library opens in Agricola Village, boosting literacy in Guyana

By Tangerine Clarke

Traditional Caribbean Stew Peas (kidney beans) With Ham Bone recipe.

Caribbean recipes

Traditional Caribbean Stew Peas (kidney beans) With Ham Bone

By Chris De La Rosa

Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell addresses the opening of the 4th Annual AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum in St. George, Grenada on Monday, July 28, 2025.

Grenada

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Family memeber of Victoria Mompoint, Victoria’s mother, Council Member Farah Louis, Jahmila Edwards, director of Intergovernmental Affairs for NYC Mayor's Office, student elected mayor, Victoria Mompoint, and school principal, Jamie Hendrickson.

Brooklyn middle school launches NYC-style student government

By Orlande Fleury

Brian Cunningham with Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

Caribbean

Trump administration’s visa freeze sparks Caribbean outrage

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican singer Sean Paul.

Hurricane Relief

Sean Paul headlines Heat Caribbean Night for Jamaica relief

By Nelson A. King

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Melanie’s Law into effect, flanked by Assembly Member Brian Cunningham, second from left, and others.

Politics

Brooklyn’s Cunningham first to endorse Hochul’s reelection

By Nelson A. King

Spiderman Boy#1

New York Family

Explore Brooklyn’s Charter Schools on February 1st at the Brooklyn Basketball Training Center

Book cover of “Destiny of the Diamond Princess” by Sherri Winston.

Books

A Diamond Princess with a dangerous destiny

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. Feb. 3, 2005.

News

‘Drum Major for Justice’ and denied Civil Rights trailblazer passes

By Vinette K. Pryce

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.

Antigua

Mottley calls snap elections as opposition fractures

By Bert Wilkinson

Mayor Mamdani Appoints Rafael Espinal as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.

News

Mayor appoints Rafael Espinal as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment

By Nelson A. King

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

Jamaica

$150M World Bank loan accelerates Jamaica power repairs

By Bert Wilkinson

Council Members Rita Joseph, left, front row, and Crystal Hudson, second from left, front row, among attendees at town hall meeting by Caribbean-American US Representative Yvette D. Clarke in Brooklyn on Monday, June 16, 2025.

National

Brooklyn, Bronx leaders honor MLK’s legacy ahead of holiday

By Nelson A. King

Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness

Antigua

PM Holness says Jamaicans must develop the island

By Bert Wilkinson

Chef Kingsley John, owner and executive chef of Bar Manje, returned to the Upper West Side kitchen where he once worked as a dishwasher and now reimagines Caribbean cuisine through contemporary technique.

St Lucia

From dishwasher to chef-owner: Kingsley John comes full circle

By Tracey Khan

More from Around NYC

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NURSES STRIKE: Montefiore nurses keep picket line packed on day 8 of strike in the Bronx

inventory

Three Queens neighborhoods among those with largest inventory increases in 2025: Report

Metropolitan Museum of Art exterior

Metropolitan Museum of Art employees unionize, citing heavy workloads and pay equity concerns

Metropolitan Museum of Art exterior

Metropolitan Museum of Art employees unionize, citing heavy workloads and pay equity concerns