Month: December 2024

Prime Minister Andrew Holness's administration says it is ready to table a bill to dump the British monarchy, make Jamaica a republic, and install a local head of state instead of King Charles. However, the road to achievement remains in grave doubt because the main opposition party also wants the bill to retire the British Privy Council as the island's final court. This clause is glaringly absent from the document. […]

The Brooklyn District Grand Lodge of Brooklyn-headquartered Grand Council of the Independent United Order of Mechanics, Friendly Society of North, Central and South America, Islands of the Seas and the Entire Western Hemisphere, Inc., known by the abbreviation IUOM, FSWH, Inc., on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, provided warm meals and clothing to homeless people and members of the community. Officials of the Executive Committee of Grand Council told Caribbean Life, at […]

President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo, on Nov. 19, in an address to new citizens, underscored his country's commitment to reconnecting with its diaspora and honoring the enduring bonds between Africa and its global descendants during a swearing-in ceremony to welcome over 200 Afro-Caribbean diasporans at a Ghanian citizenship ceremony in Accra, Ghana. The president closed his speech with Jamaica's Peter Tosh's "Don't care where you come from, as long as […]

Ruel "Doc" Wallace, born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and started drawing at age 6, recently displayed his work of art, "From the HeArt," at Nazareth High School in Brooklyn. Wallace told Caribbean Life over the weekend that the display, which he described as "exposition," drew rave reviews from attendees. Just as someone with unique handwriting, Wallace said he described his style as "realistic." "It has been said that all art […]

Three West Indies fast bowlers, which included Jayden Seales, Kemar Roach, and Alzarri Joseph, moved up in the ICC Test bowling rankings following their impressive performances in the first Test against Bangladesh at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Seales advanced three spots up to 11th; Roach, four places up to 17th; and Joseph, three places up to 29th. Seales picked up five for 87, Roach four for 50, […]

St. Lucia’s sprint queen Julien Alfred has bagged yet another distinguished award as she was named the Athletics Weekly (AW) International Female Athlete of the Year for 2024. Alfred, who won St. Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics when she succeeded in winning gold in the women’s 100 meters and silver in the 200 meters, beat out several other nominees, including Belgium’s Nafi Thiam, the Netherlands’ Sifan […]

Stafanie Taylor will not be available for the West Indies senior women’s multi-format tour of India. The team will compete in this series in three T20 Internationals and three One-Day Internationals (ODIs). The Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced that Captain Hayley Matthews will lead the squad. However, Taylor remains sidelined due to an injury. The tour starts on Dec. 15 with the T20I series at the Dr. DY Patil Sports […]