Trinidad’s new government has succeeded in backdating legislation to prevent the country’s shortest-serving prime minister from being entitled to a monthly pension of just over nearly $12,000. Stuart Young, 50, served as prime minister of the federation with Tobago for less than two months after his predecessor, Keith Rowley, retired and maneuvered him into the… Read More

Dr. Linton Atkinson, the Jamaican-born principal of Public School 244 on Tilden Avenue in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, says he was delighted to end the school year with the school’s inaugural carnival on June 3. “I believe the carnival was a great way to end the year at PS 244,” Dr. Atkinson told Caribbean Life in… Read More

Food, music, dancing, and pageantry were on full display on Saturday, June 28, during the Annual Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration at 1222 East 96th St. in Canarsie, Brooklyn. The co-chairs of the New York State Caribbean-American Delegation — Assembly Member Jaime Williams and Monique Chandler-Waterman and Senator Roxanne Persaud — told Caribbean Life that the… Read More

Sono ufficialmente iniziati oggi i lavori di riqualificazione dell’ex fabbrica Safov, situata in corso Regina Margherita, nel cuore della Circoscrizione 7 di Torino. Quello che un tempo era il fabbricato dell’azienda specializzata nella produzione di ascensori, oggi è sede del complesso scolastico Gianni Rodari, ospitante un nido d’infanzia e una scuola materna. «Lo spazio che… Read More

Jamaican entertainment publicist Rickardo W. Shuzzr said on Sunday, June 22, Alkaline, the renowned Jamaican dancehall artist, delivered “a mesmerizing performance” at the sold-out Rebel Night Club in Toronto, Canada, captivating over 4,500 fans. “With anticipation building since New Rules’ debut in April at the Wembley Arena, with over 12,000 fans witnessing, Toronto was in… Read More

The West Indies head coach, Daren Sammy, was fined 15% of his match fee for criticizing an official during the recently concluded opening Test match against Australia at Kensington Oval in Barbados. Sammy breached Level 1 of the ICC’s Code of Conduct on June 27 during the second day of the match that Australia won… Read More

Captain Hayley Matthews and her deputy Shemaine Campbelle played crucial roles in leading the West Indies Women to their first T20 series win over South Africa in 12 years at the 3Ws Oval, Barbados. Matthews scored her second consecutive half century of the series, and Campbelle led the home team to a six-wicket win, securing… Read More

A year and a half ago, SUNY Downstate’s future was deeply uncertain. Its hospital was in physical disrepair, facing a $100 million annual deficit, and projected to run out of cash to continue to operate by the summer of 2024. For an institution so important to the community—and where most patients are low-income and people… Read More

The largest property service workers’ local union in the United States on Tuesday, July 1, welcomed a federal judge’s ruling in Brooklyn in favor of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants. 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) sued the Trump administration, citing Trump’s “illegal efforts to vacate the Biden administration’s designation and… Read More

Atelier Artist is a co-sharing space and creative residency located in Central Brooklyn. The founders are opening their doors, offering the marginalized creatives an opportunity to achieve success in New York City’s increasingly exclusive art scene. The residency is open to creatives across Brooklyn who are talented in visual arts, performance, media, design, writing, and… Read More