Month: April 2025

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has taken another bold step in championing diversity and progressive governance by reappointing three accomplished women to its Board of Directors. These include Debra Coryat-Patton (T&T), Diann Campbell ( Jamaica), and Louise Victor-Frederick (St. Lucia), who were reconfirmed as independent directors, affirming their vital roles in shaping the organization’s strategic direction. Trinidadian Coryat-Patton is a legal luminary specializing in employment law, intellectual property, and corporate governance. […]

A 50-year-old building in Lower Manhattan represents a new frontier for solving New York City’s housing crisis. Thanks to an ambitious redevelopment effort, a former office building at 25 Water Street has just been transformed into over 1,300 new homes, with rents for affordable two-bedroom apartments starting at just $1,116 a month—at a time when our city has a more urgent need for affordable housing than ever before. It’s the […]

Jamaican and world-renowned Dance Hall artist Vybz Kartel says his days of bleaching his skin to make him look lighter are over. Speaking on Hot 97 radio this week, the legendary performer said that he had reviewed the practice and had decided to end it after several years. "I mean, in hindsight, it definitely had to do with self-love, but on the other hand, while I was doing it, my […]

Families from New York City Homeless Services were feted on Saturday at the Annual Easter Party hosted by the Family Life Committee at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn. "The party was a real treat, the decorations were festive, the food was delicious, and the activities kept everyone entertained – a truly 'egg-cellent' celebration," Committee Chairperson Marlene Ferguson, a Trinidadian-born retired registered nurse, told Caribbean Life afterward. "As […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday shared a breakdown of how the Trump administration’s cuts to the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program will impact critical infrastructure and community resilience projects in New York State. With this action, Hochul said the federal Department of Homeland Security has revoked over $325.5 million in funding for projects that have not yet begun construction. Additionally, she said there is another $56 million worth of […]

The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams strongly condemned Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement on Tuesday regarding the opening of an ICE office on Rikers Island. This follows Adams’ coordination and public appearances with “border czar” Thomas Homan and comes after federal prosecutors dropped Adams’ corruption case at the behest of President Donald J. Trump. “For centuries, immigrants have built the economy and culture of New […]

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson recently announced a new Advanced Certificate in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH) to prepare healthcare, mental health, early intervention, and early educational professionals to support pregnant mothers and birthing parents experiencing mental distress. The program is the first of its kind in New York State.  BP Reynoso and Brooklyn College partnered to establish the program and designed the curriculum […]

Despite lobbying from Trinidad & Tobago's Prime Minister Stuart Young during U.S. Secretary of  State Marco Rubio's multi-nation swing through the region last month, the US has dealt Trinidad's economy a humongous blow by blocking the country from jointly developing a giant offshore gas field with neighboring Venezuela. Young, 50, who faces general elections on April 28, announced the revocation of the permit by the Office of Foreign Assets Control […]