Medical doctor and former parliamentary speaker Jennifer Simons Geerling was sworn in as the president of Suriname on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. She is the first female to do so and the fourth woman head of government currently in charge of a Caribbean Community nation. Simons,71, took the oath of office at midday nearly two months… Read More

Jamaica’s government has expressed surprise that the Trump administration has deported one of its nationals to Eswatini or the former Swaziland, saying that Jamaican authorities have not refused to accept any person being deported back to the island over the decades. Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamina Johnson Smith said in a statement early Friday that… Read More

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, July 17, joined a coalition of 19 other states in defending essential legal services for unaccompanied Caribbean and other immigrant children, many of whom fled violence, human trafficking, and other threats in their native countries and have no parent or guardian in the United States to protect… Read More

The New York-based American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) says it teed up a winning combination of philanthropy, sport, and Caribbean culture at its Gaming for Good Charity Golf Tournament on June 20, raising critical funds to support scholarships for financially-challenged students pursuing tertiary education at The University of the West… Read More

For over two decades, Carol Thomas has been helping women feel beautiful inside and out—whether they’re longtime clients in her salon or women living in shelters with nowhere else to turn. The Jamaican-born stylist, who owns Just Because Hair Salon on Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene, has built a reputation not just for expert cuts… Read More

Dal 9 al 16 novembre, le Nitto ATP Finals torneranno a Torino per la quinta attesissima edizione del torneo che conclude la stagione maschile. La città sarà nuovamente il palcoscenico perfetto per accogliere i migliori otto giocatori e le migliori otto coppie di doppio della classifica PIF ATP Race to Turin, in una Inalpi Arena… Read More

Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has lent his voice to the official remix of Moliy’s Billboard Hot 100 hit “Shake It to the Max (Fly),” dropping it on Friday, July 11 via Bashment Sound. The high-energy remix, titled “Shake It to the Max (TUFF)”, is produced by acclaimed hitmakers Disco Neil and Silent Addy. “Already surging… Read More

The Caribbean Elite Group (CEG), host of the Caribbean Music Awards, has announced the first wave of distinguished honorees for what is considered to be Caribbean music’s biggest night at Kings Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on Aug. 28. CEG said on July 7 that the awards “celebrate the music legends whose contributions have profoundly shaped… Read More

The Brooklyn-based Caribbean cultural group Tropicalfete, Inc., said on Tuesday that Trinidadian steelpan virtuoso and cultural ambassador Joshua Regrello recently visited its headquarters on New York Avenue coaching the group’s Steel Ensemble on proper playing techniques. Regrello recently secured a Guinness World Record by playing the steelpan for 31 uninterrupted hours. “On behalf of the… Read More

For too long, our transit system was starved of investment. Aging subway cars, dilapidated signals, and a lack of basic maintenance and repair plunged a system that was once the envy of the world into crisis. We all remember the so-called “summer of hell” — overcrowded platforms, constant delays, and a level of dysfunction that… Read More