Archive – Caribbean Life

Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 41 runs in the first One Day International (ODI) match at Sabina Park in Jamaica.

Sports

Sri Lanka defeats West Indies in opening One Day International

By Devika Ragoonanan

Jereem Richards won bronze in the men's 400 metres in Stockholm.

News

Jereem Richards lands Diamond League bronze

By Devika Ragoonanan

West Indies Women won the Evara Tri-Nation T20I Series.

Sports

West Indies Women finish top of the table to win series

By Devika Ragoonanan

Mayor Mamdani took a shot on the newly unveiled FIFA Arena pitch in Central Park before Monday’s watch party announcement — three days before the World Cup kicks off.

Sports

Free World Cup Final watch party: 50,000 tickets available for Central Park event

By Adam Daly

Dexta Daps.

Music

Dancehall star Dexta Daps bringing ‘Champagne Tour’ to Newark June 12

By Nelson A. King

Models wearing colorful designs from AJYI Variety Store during a June 4 Afro-Caribbean fashion show on the Dorothy L. Goosby Plaza in celebration of Caribbean Heritage at Hempstead Town Hall. Other colorfully dressed audience members look on.

Hempstead brings cultural pride to Caribbean American Heritage Month observance

By Tangerine Clarke

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of the New York Public Library (NYPL).

Schomburg Center to host festival celebrating 100 years next weekend

By Milette Millington

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a memorandum in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2026.

Caribbean advocates hail court rejection of Trump’s ‘unlawful’ immigration restrictions

By Nelson A. King

Sean Paul recently attracted thousands of fans at his highly successful “Timeless Tour."

Music

Sean Paul’s ‘Timeless Tour’ demonstrates global demand for dancehall

By Nelson A. King

The entrance into the Sangster's International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa.

Hurricane Relief

Calls for Caribbean to prepare for storms despite forecasts of below-normal hurricane season

By Nelson A. King

The London skyline is seen with the financial district in the background, in London, Britain, March 25, 2026.

Sports

ICC women’s T20 World Cup launches in style in London

By Devika Ragoonanan

Residents walk along a street while fleeing their homes in Cite Soleil after rival gang clashes in Haiti's capital worsened over the weekend, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 11, 2026.

Bahamas

Caribbean Roundup: Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and more

By Devika Ragoonanan

"Listen to Me" will be available on the PBS App and PBS.org.

‘Listen to Me’ premieres on Black Public Media’s AfroPoP

By Nelson A. King

A Ugandan worker collects a rubber glove from the airing line during a visit by the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the Mulago National Referral Hospital Isolation Unit, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo Virus, in Mulago suburb, of Kampala, Uganda, June 8, 2026.

Africa

Caribbean steps up preparedness amid Ebola outbreak in Africa

By Nelson A. King

The USS Nimitz.

Jamaica

Jamaica denies support for US attacks against Cuba

By Bert Wilkinson

Families get a taste of Haiti as Jonathan Pierre Lafleur leads a hands-on pikliz workshop.

Haiti

Taste of Haiti: Jonathan Pierre Lafleur brings Haitian culinary storytelling to NYC families

By Orlande Fleury

More from Around NYC

Deborah Reich (center) holds her $25,000 ceremonial check for her work in World View High School with co-presidents Risa Daniels (left) and Laura Twersky (right).

Norwood teacher wins $25,000 award for inspiring students through environmental justice

The crew on an NYC Ferry saw a man in the water next to his capsized boat on Jamaica Bay off Rockaway Park and alerted the FDNY and the Coast Guard as a storm intensified Saturday, June 6.

NYC Ferry crew spots boater in need of rescue from rough waters of Jamaica Bay off Rockaway Park

NY-13: Mamdani stands by Avila Chevalier; fellow endorsee Lander keeps his distance

MTA bus on Bay Parkway in Brooklyn

EXCLUSIVE: DOT proposes installing bus lanes along Brooklyn’s Bay Parkway and Cropsey Avenue