Last weekend, we unofficially kicked off the summer in New York City during Memorial Day weekend. Our beaches are open for the season, and our public pools will open June 27. New York City has so much to see and do that people forget that this is a beach town, with two of the best… Read More

Trinidadian-born community and political activist Julia Lystra Collis, aunt of retired New York Supreme Court Justice Sylvia G. Ash, died, on May 19, at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. She was 79. Trinidadian-born Justice Ash, whose parents hailed from Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, told Caribbean Life on Sunday that Collis, a long-time Brooklyn… Read More

After years of serving the community as a fervent community advocate and mentor, Jamaican-American Anthony Beckford says he has decided to run for the position of Male District Leader, also known as a State Committee Member, so he can “protect democracy” in Brooklyn. District Leaders are elected, unpaid leaders of the Brooklyn Democratic Party. There… Read More

Si sono riuniti oggi insieme ai colleghi adulti nella Sala Rossa di Palazzo Civico i rappresentanti del Consiglio comunale dei Ragazzi e delle Ragazze per presentare al Sindaco di Torino, all’assessora alle Politiche Educative e alla Presidente del Consiglio Comunale, insieme ad una delegazione di consiglieri riunita per l’occasione, suggerimenti e proposte elaborati in questi… Read More

Barbados The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) is reiterating its warning that 2024 is going to be a year of climate extremes in the Caribbean. CariCOF said for the upcoming period, June to August, cooling temperatures in the equatorial Pacific will result in La Niña conditions (the cooling phase of the sea surface temperature)… Read More

Five months after he and his personal bodyguard vanished into oblivion, authorities in Suriname this week vowed to find and arrest former President Desi Bouterse and force him to begin a 20-year jail sentence linked to mass murders back in 1982. The two-time former elected president and ex-military strongman who had staged two coups in… Read More

As Black History Month and New York City Small Business Month hit full gear, Haitian-American Cassandre Davilmar, the owner of Lakou Café in Crown Heights, Brooklyn has focused on building up her business since she graduated from the DoorDash Accelerator for Local Restaurants Program and received a $10,000 grant to support her restaurant. Last fall,… Read More

Isiah Doumbia recently completed his third year at the IDEAL School of Manhattan, but his journey is anything but ordinary. In a remarkable feat during his earlier high school years, Doumbia clinched victory in an essay competition centered around the legendary Muhammad Ali. His triumph led to an unforgettable experience as he jetted off in… Read More

Children in Central Brooklyn on Tuesday marched over the Brooklyn Bridge and rallied at City Hall Park in lower Manhattan for food justice with the non-profit group Seeds in the Middle. Nancie Katz, of Seeds in the Middle, told Caribbean Life that the 4th Annual Children March for Food Justice was a “protest for food… Read More

“Negotiating While Black: Be Who You Are to Get What You Want” by Damali Peterman c.2024, Putnam                                                           $30.00                                     239 pages   Absolutely not. And that’s the final answer. Nobody’s budging on it, nobody will hear any argument, it’s done, the answer is just plain “no.” Or is it – because isn’t there some wiggle room… Read More