Month: August 2024

When senator-elect Kamala Harris quoted Bob Marley saying her presence on the political scene signals a time to “Get Up Stand Up” she punctuated a campaign promise she launched as California Attorney General when she declared “Kamala Harris For The People.” At that time she already oversaw the largest state justice system in all of America. In both instances, her purposeful statements hinted a brewing hurricane from the west. That […]

A Jamaican appeals court on Wednesday freed a world-renowned Jamaican Dance Hall star after 13 years behind bars for murder, but the verdict has refueled a debate as to whether Jamaica should ditch the British Privy Council as its apex court or switch to the Trinidad-based umbrella Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for final decisions. Superstar Vybz Kartel, real name Adidja Palmer, walked out of a correctional center in the […]

The Brooklyn Democratic Party says its district leaders have nominated three Civil Court judges to fill newly-created seats. Party Chair Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn told Caribbean Life on Wednesday that the nominees – Tawanna M. St. Louis, Mark Kagan and Abayomi Ajaiyeoba Whint – will now appear on the November Presidential Election ballot, “virtually guaranteeing their elections in deep-Blue Brooklyn.  “The Brooklyn Democratic Party proudly continues to advance extremely-qualified, diverse, […]

The Brooklyn-based Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) says it will be showcasing a pre-World Steel Pan Day celebration on Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1, downtown Brooklyn, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CLACC-C said on Wednesday that the event will highlight, among others, Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra, Eruption Steel Orchestra, Metro Steel Orchestra, and a special performance by Earl Brooks, Jr. & […]

Caribbean Community leaders say they are extremely angry with the US over its continued economic and political bullying of Cuba, contending that Cubans are experiencing grave hardship at the hands of the decades-old economic embargo imposed by Washington. Cuba is not a member of the 15-nation grouping but shares extremely close ties with Caricom. The two sides have enjoyed 52 years of diplomatic relations when Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica […]