Stasera la Mole Antonelliana si illuminerà di blu in occasione della Giornata mondiale del rifugiato, proclamata dall’Onu per commemorare l’approvazione della Convenzione sullo status di rifugiato da parte dell’assemblea delle Nazioni Unite il 20 giugno del 1951. In mattinata la Sala Rossa di Palazzo Civico ha ospitato la commemorazione ufficiale . Erano presenti la presidente… Read More

Biciclette, maglie, cimeli, fotografie dei grandi campioni del ciclismo italiano sono raccolte nella mostra “Quando il tricolore si tinse di giallo. I campioni italiani al Tour de France” ospitata nella sede del Credem a villa Frassati in corso Trento 2/a e visitabile fino a venerdì 12 luglio. Memorabilia raccolti negli anni  dallo storico massaggiatore, Giannetto… Read More

Reggae Sumfest boss Josef “Joe” Bogdanovich says he’s delighted to book YG Marley, son of singer Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley, to perform at Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay, Jamaica on Friday, July 19. “Reggae Sumfest will feel the energy of YG Marley and his positive and youthful stance, Bogdanovich told Caribbean Life on Monday.… Read More

The Turks and Caicos parliament has amended local laws removing a mandatory 12-year sentence for anyone caught with illegal weapons, live ammunition or spent shells in the wake of a recent fiasco involving the arrests of several American tourists and angry Congressional representatives demanding their release. The former British colony and idyllic tourism paradise was… Read More

Jamaican-American lawyer Janice Robinson says she is running for one of the two Civil Court Judge seats in Brooklyn’s 6th Municipal Court District in the Democratic Primary on June 25. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn resident Robinson, who has been a civil litigator for over 20 years, told Caribbean Life that she brings “a wealth of experience to… Read More

West Indies Women crashed to a six-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka Women at the opening One-Day International of the three-match series at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka. After being sent in to bat, the Caribbean side managed to score only 195 all out in the 48th over and failing to stall… Read More

On Juneteenth (June 19), the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), hosted “Juneteenth: In Our Words,” the third in the four-part event series Queens Rising, an annual beacon of cultural celebration, dedicated to illuminating the vibrant tapestry of Queens, New York. Since its inception in 2022, this performance series has served as a catalyst… Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs since March has displaced nearly 580,000 people, according to a new report from the U.N. migration agency, a sobering figure that underscores the magnitude of the Caribbean nation’s crisis. Haiti has long faced unrest but at the end of February, gangs unleashed… Read More

A week after the US Treasury Department had helped to expose a massive gold smuggling and tax evasion ring involving one of Guyana’s wealthiest families, authorities are now complaining about the massive drop in gold declarations to the state buying system. And the government says, it will stiffen penalties for those beating the system by… Read More

Immigration advocates in New York and Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke on Tuesday welcomed what they describe as President Joe Biden’s “commonsense actions” to support long-standing undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants. On Tuesday, Biden announced new actions that would support the ability of undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants to work and remain in the United… Read More