Archive – Caribbean Life

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New York Family

The Ultimate Camp Fair & Activity Expo is Coming to Brooklyn!

Azruddin Mohamed, 38, of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) political party in Guyana.

Guyana

Guyana’s incoming opposition leader arrested

By Bert Wilkinson

The Ultimate Trinbago Seafood Callaloo recipe.

Caribbean recipes

The Ultimate Trinbago Seafood Callaloo

By Chris De La Rosa

Dr. Dawn Marie Silvera, left, with friend, supporter and Jamaican compatriot Icilda Sibley at the Gala 28th Annual Vernese Weeks Scholarship Luncheon of the Bronx-Manhattan-Westchester (BMW) Chapter of the New York-based Caribbean-American Nurses Association (CANA) at Eastwood Manor in the Bronx.

Jamaica

Jamaican Family Nurse Practitioner Dr. Dawn Marie Silvera extols ‘sacred call of nursing’

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, right, after accepting the Lawrence M. Orton Award for Leadership in City and Regional Planning from the American Planning Association’s New York Metro Chapter’s (APA-NYM).

Brooklyn

Reynoso’s 2025 Plan for Brooklyn wins top city planning award

By Tangerine Clarke

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Bahamas

AG Letitia James warns against charity scams amid Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

By Nelson A. King

Police arrested bombing suspect Daniel Alexander Ramirez Peodomo at a coastal village in Guyana on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

Guyana

Suspected Venezuelan bomber could face death penalty

By Bert Wilkinson

Caribbean-American Democratic U.S. Representative Yvette D. Clarke addresses town hall meeting at George Wingate High School Auditorium in Brooklyn on June 16, 2025.

Jamaica

Sea-lift operation to aid Jamaica in wake of Hurricane Melissa

By Nelson A. King

BOTT Founder Leslie Lambert (center) and La’Shawn Allen-Muhammad of the Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation with attendees of “Brooklyn Built” in East New York.

News

Brooklyn nonprofit tackles skilled-labor shortage with Workforce Program

By Tracey Khan

Kacy Rankine at the Audacy Studio.

Music

NYC’s Roadblock Caribbean Radio expands to Connecticut

By Nelson A. King

Yvonne Peters makes grand entrance during her MTA retirement celebration in June 2025.

Fashion

CACG recruits beauty pageant contestants

By Nelson A. King

From top left: Kronos Quartet by Danica Taylor, Harry Connick Jr. by Georgia Connick, Rhiannon Giddens by Karen Cox, Marin Alsop by Nancy Horowitz,Wynton Marsalis by Piper Ferguson, and Artemis by John Abbott.

Music

Carnegie Hall presents ‘United in Sound: America at 250’ Festival

By Nelson A. King

Jacqueline Hopkins conducts The Jacqueline Hopkins Choir during its world premiere at FSUMC.

Jamaica

Homecoming Harmony

By Nelson A. King

People sit on the roof of a vehicle riding on a flooded road, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall, in Prospect, Manchester, Jamaica, Oct. 29, 2025.

Bahamas

Western Jamaica ravaged by Hurricane Melissa

By Bert Wilkinson

Nearly 2 million New Yorkers rely on SNAP to provide food.

News

Editorial | Feeding the hungry through SNAP is a constitutional duty for New York and beyond

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City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse

Caribbean

Caribbean politicians seek re-election

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

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Keeping the ‘essence of circus’ alive: Flip Circus brings generations of fun to the Bronx

Individuals sign up to the Fortune Society's new weekly food distribution program in Long Island City. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

With SNAP cuts looming, LIC-based Fortune Society offers hope to underserved residents struggling with food insecurity

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers peacefully marched from the heart of the Big Apple to Lower Manhattan on Saturday in protest of President Trump and his policies, including the escalation of violence against United States citizens.

Op-ed | Peaceful protests by 3.5% of the population is almost always successful

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers peacefully marched from the heart of the Big Apple to Lower Manhattan on Saturday in protest of President Trump and his policies, including the escalation of violence against United States citizens.

Op-ed | Peaceful protests by 3.5% of the population is almost always successful