Month: August 2024

New York Carnival Week has begun in Brooklyn, starting on Thursday, Aug. 29 and culminating on Labor Day Monday, Sept.  2. The West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA), organizer of the gigantic carnival, celebrates 57 years of Caribbean culture, cuisine, programs, contribution, mas, steel band music and much more. Festivities kick off at the Brooklyn Museum Grounds (parking lot) and culminates on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, described as “Caribbean Cultural […]

A Guyana government delegation is expected to arrive in New York, sometime soon to participate in the Labor Day festivities, and celebration of the 57th Annual West Indian American Day Carnival parade on Eastern Parkway, Monday, Sept. 2. According to a recent zoom meeting, that included Consul General to New York Michael E. Brotherson, and Fazal Yussuff advisor on Investment and Diaspora Affairs, Guyana Consulate, and members of the diaspora, […]

Magnificent bowling from Romario Shepherd and Shamar Joseph, led West Indies to a 30 runs victory against South Africa to capture two of the three-match T20 series at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad. Sent in to bat, West Indies posted 179 for six in their 20 overs. While Shepherd and Joseph shared six wickets between them to set in motion a middle-order collapse, as South Africa was bowled […]

Eleven-year-old Jazmin Headley is not your average youngster. The Jamaican-Canadian prodigy is an accomplished singer, actress, dancer and voice-over specialist, who is turning heads with her soon-to-be released duet, “Goodness of God”, which was recorded with rising New York reggae superstar Nigy Boy. Supa Jamz radio host Kirk “Captain Kirk” Nelson, who teased “Goodness of God” on his program recently, told Caribbean Life on Monday: “You should see the chat […]

With less than a week before the start of the 57th Annual West Indian American Day Carnival Week in Brooklyn, the Family Life Committee at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn on Saturday ensured that the community and families were kept in the carnival spirit with mas, models, Jazz, sumptuous food and pure entertainment during the church’s second annual Block Party. Wesley Millington, the Vincentian-born band leader and […]

Labor Day Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, will be extra special with the return of the Oracabessa Caribbean Music festival slated for Roy Wilkins Park in Queens. The festival, which was last held in 2018, will be headlined by Reggae Queens Marcia Griffiths, Louie Culture, Jada Kingdom, Terry Linen, Lady G, Ras Emmanuel and Mr. Easy,  alongside soca stars Patrice Roberts and Edwin Yearwood. Jada Kingdom. Photo by Anthony Turner Syntyche […]

UN Women says it has been on the ground and working to ensure that women are fully integrated into recovery efforts, as Caribbean nations begin to rebuild after Hurricane Beryl particularly ravaged the islands of the Grenadines islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. UN Women said over the weekend that when Hurricane Beryl tore through the Caribbean in early summer, it left a trail of destroyed homes, […]

NY State Senator Kevin Parker was thrilled to welcome a long line of students and parents last Saturday at his 17th Annual Harvest Fest Back-to-School celebration in Paerdegat Park on Albany Avenue. The lawmaker took the opportunity to meet and greet the youngsters at the event that handed out more than 1000 backpacks brimming with vital school supplies, and flyers on topics like bullying and safety, needed to start the […]

After watching fellow Eastern Caribbean nations Grenada, St. Lucia and Dominica bask in the glory of their gold, silver and bronze medals won at the Paris Olympics, Antigua is preparing a completely reboot of its sports program and is set to appoint former West Indies Captain, Richie Richardson as its sports czar, officials said this week. Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced plans to tap the services of Richardson but it […]