Month: July 2024

Vybz Kartel, real name Adidja Palmer, has been freed after being incarcerated for 13 years. Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel and[Read More...] The post Vybz Kartel Freed After 13 Years In Prison, Court Rule Against Retrial appeared first on Urban Islandz.

Fun, food, and festivity were on tap, at the very first Hills Social Club Family Fun Day Brooklyn/Queens Unite 2024, organized to bring Guyanese from the two boroughs together in harmony. Doris Rodney, owner of the Hills Restaurant, and Waterfalls Night Club, both on Church Avenue, at the intersection of Schenectady in Brooklyn, was fired up with excitement about bridging the gap between the Indo and Afro Guyanese in the […]

Brooklyn Council Member Farah N. Louis on July 29 launched a series of informational sessions and town halls across District 45 to hear constituents’ views on the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity. The initiative is a zoning proposal proposed by Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of City Planning (DCP) that would loosen many restrictions and regulations on how homeowners and property owners can build in their neighborhoods.  Louis, […]

The Caribbean Elite Group (CEG) announced on Tuesday that Queen of Dancehall, Spice, and the King of Caribbean Comedy, Majah Hype, will host this year’s Caribbean Music Awards on Thursday, Aug. 29, at Kings Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn. “These dynamic personalities promise to bring their unparalleled energy and charisma to the stage for Caribbean music’s biggest night,” CEG said.  It said Spice, known for her vibrant performances and chart-topping hits, […]

A new study by the Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) finds that undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. The study, released on Tuesday, finds that most of that amount, $59.4 billion, was paid to the federal government, while the remaining $37.3 billion was paid to state and local governments. The report says that undocumented immigrants paid federal, […]

Authorities in the Caribbean and Suriname say they are beginning to think that they are on to a new cocaine smuggling ring from the region mostly to Europe using pleasure boats such as yachts and sailboats and the new focus of law enforcement officers has led to the arrests of dozens of crew members in recent months. At various times of the year, pleasure vessels come to various tourism islands […]

Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders attending a regional summit in Grenada have reacted with a mixture of caution and support for general elections held in Venezuela on Sunday, with some sticking to patently to declared results while others like the longest serving head of government saying he would like the 15-nation grouping to outrightly congratulate President Nicolas Maduro on his victory. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and a staunch […]

Haitian-American, GRAMMY-nominated jazz saxophonist Godwin Louis will soon rejoice with his sophomore album “Psalms and Proverbs” (Blue Room Music). The album, a jazzy deep dive into religious traditions across the world, is being released globally on Friday, Aug. 23. “Whether in Africa or the Americas, the hymn and the playing of music are central to worship and praise in any number of religious traditions,” Louis told Caribbean Life on Monday.  […]

The family, friends, and legal counsel of Brooklyn resident Christin Emile said Monday that the NYPD’s account of his shooting death at the hands of police was not accurate.  Holding signs just outside of City Hall, a small group of Emile’s loved ones said they were rallying to set the record straight. Emile, 33, was shot to death on May 12 by police near the corner of 52nd Street and […]