Month: November 2024

As Vincentians in New York celebrated their 45th anniversary of political independence from Great Britain late last month, Abena Amory was one of the artistes performing at the Gala Luncheon at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach, Queens. The other performer was calypsonian Dennis Bowman, a perennial competitor in the annual Vincy Mas, the national carnival. Abena, a Brooklyn resident born in Nevis, the sister isle of St. Kitts, […]

A Rosedale resident is creating custom cakes with unique designs for her local community and beyond. Sabrina Wright, 28, owns and operates Golden Sugar Bakery, an online luxury cake business that has flourished into a six-figure venture serving clients in New York City and the East Coast. Wright’s story began in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She had just lost her job and was battling anxiety and […]

This week’s flash floods, mudslides, and heavier-than-usual rains in the South and Eastern Caribbean allowed several Caribbean leaders attending the global annual climate change meeting in Azerbaijan to point to the devastation in Grenada and Trinidad as proof that the region is an unwilling victim of climate change and should receive climate finance from the developed world. Grenadian Prime Minister and current Caribbean Community Chairman Dickon Mitchell argued that the […]

On Sunday, Oct. 27, Kingslawn United Presbyterian Church honored four outstanding community figures as it celebrated 87 glorious years in the Mill Basin community in Brooklyn. Guyanese-born pastor Peter Parris, CRE, told Caribbean Life that the church, located at 2368 Ralph Ave., between Avenue M and N, honored the Rev. Henry G. Fury, who has served as Kingslawn’s moderator for the past 25 years; Alex Levenkov, Food Pantry volunteer for […]

Tiffani Sahai has always had a passion for food. Growing up around her father’s famous Roti shop, Trini Delight, in Queens, she’s no stranger to Trinidadian cuisine. But in May of this year, Sahai took the plunge and opened her food truck, Trini Street Food, alongside her family. At just 28 years old, Sahai’s journey into the food industry is a personal dream and a family affair. “I grew up […]

A recent agreement between a Nigerian oil and gas company and the Global Petroleum Group (GPG) could soon see the Eastern Caribbean nation of Grenada step up exploration activities to discover oil and gas like its regional neighbors. Oceangate Oil and Gas Engineering says it has a production-sharing agreement with GPG covering an area of 7,500 square kilometers of water offshore Grenada. However, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell’s administration says authorities […]