NY State Senator Kevin Parker was thrilled to welcome a long line of students and parents last Saturday at his 17th Annual Harvest Fest Back-to-School celebration in Paerdegat Park on Albany Avenue. The lawmaker took the opportunity to meet and greet the youngsters at the event that handed out more than 1000 backpacks brimming with… Read More

After watching fellow Eastern Caribbean nations Grenada, St. Lucia and Dominica bask in the glory of their gold, silver and bronze medals won at the Paris Olympics, Antigua is preparing a completely reboot of its sports program and is set to appoint former West Indies Captain, Richie Richardson as its sports czar, officials said this… Read More

“A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune” by Noliwe Rooks c.2024, Penguin Press                                                 $28.00                                 208 pages   Ten feet tall. Larger than life. Surely, that describes the person in history you most admire. He was a giant among men. Her actions were bigger than anyone could imagine in her… Read More

With New York City’s rental vacancy rate at a historic low of just 1.4 percent and half of all New Yorkers paying more than 30 percent of their income on rent, the Bronx is leading the charge by saying ‘yes’ to more housing and buying a ticket to the future! Earlier this month, the City… Read More

Antigua and Barbuda The Heart Bible International University (HBIU) and Seminary, a historically Black institution based in Connecticut, has honored Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda. In a letter to Browne, the academic institution said he was being given the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award and was being made an honorary professor in humanitarianism.… Read More

The USVI and the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are continuing efforts for more collaboration and advanced partnership between the two parties. This is according to a recent report coming from a meeting, which included the USVI Governor, Albert Bryan, Jr., Teri Helenese, director of State-Federal Relations, and Washington’s Representative for the USVI, and Elizabeth Solomon,… Read More

Leah Clark Brisard, an executive member of the Brooklyn-based Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C), says that the center on Saturday hosted a very successful, free 12th annual youth pan festival competition that honored late stalwarts in the community. Clark Brisard told Caribbean Life that the event – which took place on St.… Read More

Growing up on the islands meant that whenever we got a fever mom would make us fever-grass tea. Basically we grew up associating being sick with this bush. Fast-forward years later and being new to Canada, I was blown away by this very same fever-grass. My cousin invited me to meet her in Toronto for… Read More

The Bahamian government is readying a contingent of troops to deploy to Haiti as signs that the presence of additional personnel from other nations are urgently needed to work alongside Kenyan police officers begin to emerge. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fred Mitchell told reporters this week that Bahamian military personnel have been asked to get… Read More

Defending Women’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) champions Barbados Royals got off to a winning start in the tournament with a thrilling one-wicket win over the Guyana Amazon Warriors at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. The Royals were led by a magnificent performance from their captain Hayley Matthews, the best female T20 all-rounder in the… Read More