Archive – Caribbean Life

Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett.

Guyana

Guyana jumps into race for top United Nations role

By Bert Wilkinson

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and federal agents secure the entrance to the Delaney Hall detention center, as demonstrators remain gathered outside, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 29, 2026.

Jamaican national nabbed in ICE sweep in NYC

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) Executive Director Archana Jayaram.

Local non-profit Brooklyn Community Services celebrates 160 years

By Milette Millington

Trinidad and Tobago's capital, Port of Spain, at night.

Trinidad & Tobago

Unions, opposition question need for extended state of emergency measures in Trinidad

By Bert Wilkinson

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference hosted with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin on unaccompanied minors and prosecuting their sponsors, at the Justice Department, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2026.

Trump moves to strip Caribbean nationals of US citizenship

By Nelson A. King

A general view of FIFA World Cup 2026 branding inside MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Business

Can Caribbean Americans cash in on the World Cup?

By Clive Bacchus

A New York Knicks fan poses at the 34th Street Penn Station subway entrance after the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) painted it in orange and blue in honor of the hometown team's first championship finals in 27 years, in New York City, U.S., June 2, 2026.

Knicks-mania color Big Apple orange fanfare

By Vinette K. Pryce

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

More from Around NYC

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‘Everyone is welcome here’: District 9 celebrates second annual Pride parade at Roberto Clemente State Park

Cops are looking for four suspects who allegedly attacked an on-duty MTA bus driver in Rosedale.

Q86 MTA bus driver attacked by an angry rider in Rosedale who called some friends to join in the beatdown: NYPD

Gov. Kathy Hochul at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on June 14, 2026.

Hochul rolls out regulatory reforms across 22 state agencies to limit ‘burdensome’ fees, paperwork

Cape Verde Spain World Cup

2026 WORLD CUP: Cape Verde makes history, draws powerhouse Spain in debut