Month: January 2025

Family, friends, supporters, and associates on Sunday, Jan. 12, celebrated the 95th birthday of a great son of the Grenadian soil, Martin Danny Clement, MBE (Member of the British Empire), during a gala ceremony at St. Mary's Knights of Columbus on Hempstead Avenue in Lynbrook, Long Is. The celebratory event also marked the 66th wedding anniversary of Clement and his wife, Margaret. The Clements currently reside in Roosevelt, in the […]

Imagine walking with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who is still alive, active in the digital world, and using your own iPhone. Yes! That is the legendary civil rights leader, the Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, one of the speakers who was in attendance, observing the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's Day on the eve of Jan. 19, 2025. At the Alliance Tabernacle Church on Clarendon Road in […]

West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales bagged three early wickets. However, half-centuries from Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan helped to rebuild Pakistan's innings on the opening day of the first Test at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Pakistan. Seales' brilliant opening spell helped reduce the home side to 46 for four until Shakeel, who ended the day unbeaten on 56 and Rizwan on 51 not out, shared an unbroken 97-run […]

For the first time in history, the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has surpassed the billion-viewership mark, combining digital and broadcast platforms. The total audience for the 2024 tournament increased by a stunning 32% from 2023, reaching an impressive 1.13 billion. This surge in viewership was fuelled by growth across key markets, including India, the Caribbean, and the United States. There was also a significant uptick in CPL’s social […]

Spin bowling, and more specifically wrist spin, has been seen as a crucial problem affecting West Indies batsmen over the past several years. Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced on Jan. 15 that it had launched three "groundbreaking" high-performance programs, which it hopes will help take the participants' games to another level. On Jan. 11, CWI started the specialized high-performance batting spin and spin-bowling camps, featuring 30 players from across the […]

Former legendary West Indies captain, Sir Clive Lloyd, will lead the operations of Guyana's proposed Cricket Academy. Guyana's Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports, Charles Ramson Jr., made the announcement of the proposed Academy recently. The 80-year-old Sir Clive is expected to take up the principal role at the country's premier Cricket Academy. According to Ramson Jr., the Academy will be a state-of-the-art facility on a 20-acre plot in Good […]

Track athlete Jereem Richards and cricketer Karishma Ramharack captured the 2024 First Citizens Sports Foundation "Sportsman of the Year" and "Sportswoman of the Year" at the national sports awards function that was held at the Hyatt Regency, Trinidad, recently. Richards claimed his fourth accolade by adding to his previous wins in 2017, 2018, and 2022. It was Ramharack's first time on the women's award and the first for the sport […]

Singing “51 Years,” Hercules Sunday night was crowned the 2025 Grenada New York Independence Monarch, maintaining his sheer dominance of Grenadian calypsos in New York for a record seventh time. “Grenada, 51 years of independence, it was a different type of independence song, congratulating Grenada on 51 years of independence and issues in the community,” Hercules, whose real name is Paul Williams, told Caribbean Life exclusively on Monday. “The song […]

"Slavery after Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present" by Mary Frances Berry c.2024, Beacon Press                                     $27.95                                           184 pages   Your kids will have a better life than you had. You will ensure it, saving for their education, demanding excellence from them, requiring discipline, and offering support for their dreams and desires. Their success is your dream, and, as […]