Archive – Caribbean Life

Media Stakeout by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, following the vote in the General Assembly on the Resolution declaring the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and the Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity.

News

UN vote asserts Israel/US alliance in denouncing Transatlantic Slave Trade

By Vinette K. Pryce

A coalition of organizations, elected officials, on on March 8, demanded funding and resources to end gun violence, after a mass shooting outside Richard's Restaurant & Bar on Avenue L, in Canarsie, Brooklyn, over the weekend. From left, are Senator Roxanne Persaud’s Chief of Staff Tanequa Strong, a representative from Enough is Enough, NYS Assembly Member (AD59) Jamie Williams, organizer, Jibreel Jalloh (sixth from left), a speaker from Save Our Streets (SOS), and Founder & CEO of Man Up Inc. Andre T. Mitchell.

Brooklyn

Community, NYPD join call for action after Canarsie shooting

By Tangerine Clarke

Book cover of “The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love” by Ethelene Whitmire.

Books

The things we do for love

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Dr. Roland Purcell and Cheryl Vincent, honorees at the St. John's Educators Scholarship Fund Annual Mothers Day Luncheon in 2016.

Grenada

‘People’s Doctor’ Dr. Roland Purcell remembered by Grenadians

By Nelson A. King

Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica arrives to the Microsoft Theater for the opening ceremonies of the IX Summit of the Americas on June 08, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

Dominica

US pressure on CARICOM countries continues. Dominica ties up deportee deal

By Bert Wilkinson

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (center) with honorees.

People

Ten years strong: Bichotte Hermelyn honors eight Women of Distinction

By Nelson A. King

Eleen Ackie author of “Adam Goes to the Sunshine Corner Store.”

Books

Eleen Ackie pens children’s book inspired by 9-year-old son

By Nelson A. King

Suriname's new President Chan Santokhi a

Suriname

Former Surinamese president Santokhi dies at age 67

By Bert Wilkinson

Michelle London as Sarah in the David Heron’s Gala Easter Sunday production of Easton Lee’s "The Rope and The Cross."

Power Shift: Herod, Pilate portrayed by women at JPAC April 5

By Tangerine Clarke

Attendees participate in a Pilates session during IYKYK Collective’s second annual Women’s Wellness Day, celebrating International Women’s Month.

News

Inside IYKYK Collective’s Women’s Wellness Day: A celebration of connection, care and community

By Tracey Khan

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

New York State Senator James Sanders, Jr., speaks alongside Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

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

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