Jamaican reggae singer Richie Stephens rang in the New Year as the headliner at the 3rd annual New Year’s Eve Celebration, billed “Under The Stars Block Party,” on Tuesday, Dec. 31, at the Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater in Miramar, Fl. The award-winning Stephens was backed by the Visions Band at the free public event. Jamaican… Read More

The Brooklyn-based Dynamite Cultural Organization, home of the Dynamite Calypso Tent of New York, the lone Vincentian calypso tent in North America, has unveiled what it considers to be its most ambitious initiative to date, the seminal St. Vincent & the Grenadines Cultural Hall of Fame. “We’ve been having discussions on this for three years… Read More

Jean Joseph, the newly-elected president of the Brooklyn-based Caribbean-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI), says she’s “thrilled” with the success of the chamber’s inaugural “Meet and Greet,” under her presidency, on Dec. 30. Dominican-born Joseph, a certified public accountant (CPA), who also heads the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions Club, told Caribbean Life that the event,… Read More

Whether he would admit it or not, outgoing Trinidadian Prime Minister Keith Rowley had been grooming Minister of Energy Stuart Young as his replacement as Rowley prepares to retire from active public life after 45 years. In recent months, Rowley, 75, had left attorney Young, 49, to act as head of government whenever he had… Read More

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has described deceased Olympian Richard Louis as a “trailblazer” and a “pioneer” whose “life and legacy have been immortalized in history’s pages.” Louis, a member of Barbados’ 4×400 meters team that placed sixth in the final of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, died last Friday at 60 in… Read More

West Indies batsman Sherfane Rutherford is one of the cricketers nominated for the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI Cricketer of the Year award following his superb performance in 2024 for the West Indies Men. The  26-year-old Guyanese national made the list after a remarkable year in which he scored 425 runs in seven innings at… Read More

West Indies Women’s head coach, Shane Deitz, says his team needs to address “lots of areas” following a disappointing tour of India, which concluded recently at the Kotambi International Cricket Stadium. The West Indies lost the T20I series 2-1 and were swept 3-0 in the following One Day International series. During a post-match press conference,… Read More

Secondo i dati previsionali forniti oggi da Arpa Piemonte, da domani giovedì 9 gennaio, e fino a venerdì 10 gennaio 2025 compreso (prossimo giorno di controllo), entrerà in vigore il livello 0 (bianco) con le sole misure strutturali di limitazione del traffico previste del semaforo antismog. Si ricorda che eventuali variazioni del semaforo antismog, con… Read More

The Brooklyn-based Grenadian American Ex-Teachers’ Association (GAETA) on Dec. 28 honored the Grenadian cultural group Quake USA and six outstanding individuals during its 5th Annual Yuletide Gala at the Nazareth Regional High School in Brooklyn. Cecily Mason, GAETA’s long-standing president, told Caribbean Life that the honorees were recognized for their “outstanding contributions in the Diaspora in… Read More

The laughter of children and the joy of the holiday season filled Resorts World New York City (RWNYC) last December as the casino partnered with the NYPD to host a Christmas event that brightened the lives of more than 110 children and their families. The collaboration, spearheaded by Michelle Stoddart, senior vice president of Community… Read More