Month: April 2025

Jamaica won the three-day CARIFTA Games championships with 78 Medals, including 30 gold, 27 silver, and 21 bronze. This was well ahead of second-placed The Bahamas, which had 37 medals, 16 gold, 13 silver, and 8 bronze. Trinidad and Tobago rounded out the top three spots with 25 Medals, including 9 gold, 6 silver, and 10 bronze. The 52nd edition of the CARIFTA Games began on April 18 at the […]

Buju Banton and Beres Hammond are expected to headline the highly anticipated Best of The Best Music Fest on Sunday, May 25, at Bayfront Park Miami, Fl., bringing music enthusiasts the ultimate Caribbean music experience. “Over the years, the festival has consistently delivered top tier performances, showcasing renowned artists at the peak of their careers,” Ronnie Tomlinson, the Jamaican-born entertainment publicist, told Caribbean Life on Tuesday. “This year's staging is […]

The Trump-Vance administration has made one thing clear in its first 100 days: the Caribbean is no longer a priority — unless it’s about deportations, trade crackdowns, or pulling aid. For those of us in New York City, home to the largest Caribbean diaspora in the United States, this isn’t just foreign policy. It’s personal. Across Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens, Caribbean Americans are watching as the hard-won ties between […]

Legendary Caribbean musical arranger Dr. Franklyn "Frankie" McIntosh was among five Vincentian "icons" inducted Saturday night during the inaugural St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cultural Hall of Fame at Nazareth Regional High School in Brooklyn, hosted by the Brooklyn-based Dynamite Cultural Organization (DCO). DCO, renowned for its dynamic presence in New York's Caribbean community, is the home of the Dynamite Calypso Tent of New York, the lone Vincentian calypso tent […]

Denis Bowman, a leading, Brooklyn-based Vincentian calypsonian, electrified the inaugural St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cultural Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Nazareth Regional High School in Brooklyn on Saturday, April 19. The event – hosted by the Brooklyn-based Dynamite Cultural Organization (DCO), home of the Dynamite Calypso Tent of New York, the lone Vincentian calypso tent in North America – inducted pre-eminent Caribbean calypso and soca arranger Dr. Frankie McIntosh for […]

Cricket will return to the Olympic Games after a 128-year absence, and the venue has been officially announced. The Fairgrounds in Pomona, Southern California, has been confirmed as the cricket venue for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. The excitement around cricket's Olympic revival has grown since its inclusion was confirmed, and the IOC Executive Board recently finalized key details, including player quotas and the number of teams. Both the men's […]

West Indies Women fell agonizingly short of qualifying for the 2025 ICC Women's World Cup later this year despite a heroic performance against Thailand in their final match of the World Cup Qualifiers. Needing to score 167 in 10.1 overs to boost their net run rate (NRR) above Bangladesh Women's after dismissing Thailand for 166 in 46.1 overs, the West Indies Women finished on 168 for 4 off 10.5 overs, […]

Cricket West Indies (CWT) President Kishore Shallow has affirmed the cricket board's zero-tolerance policy for actions that bring the game into disrepute after two Guyana Harpy Eagles players were fined for ball-tampering offenses in their West Indies Four-Day Championship clash with Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at the Queen's Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The final round clash ended in a draw on April 12, handing Guyana their eighth four-day […]

Africa and the Caribbean must face a decisive moment: build their own digital future or become forever digital servants in someone else’s empire. This is the resounding message coming from the PJ Patterson Institute, which continues to advocate for a sustainable place in the global affairs of technologies and AI dominance. The strong call also follows the recently held symposium on “Educational Transformation in Africa and the Caribbean,” held at […]