Month: June 2025

After a successful player draft, the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) announced team squads for the 2025 season. The upcoming CPL season will feature major international players along with skilled regional talents, promising an exciting tournament. The Saint Lucia Kings, the current champions, are prepared for the 2025 season with a mix of experienced players and new exciting additions. Key overseas players Tim David and Tabraiz Shamsi are returning […]

Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man and holder of multiple records, received recognition recently for his outstanding achievements in sports. He effortlessly won three gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He repeated this success in the 2012 London Games and the 2016 Rio Summer Games, achieving three gold medals in each of these consecutive Olympic events. In an article on its website, Guinness noted that the Jamaican sports […]

Julien Alfred won the women's 100 meters at the Stockholm Diamond League with a time of 10.75 seconds, making it the second-fastest time globally in the current year. Following her previous victory in Oslo last week, she set a meeting record during the event, highlighting her exceptional start to the season. Julien Alfred, the Saint Lucian Olympic champion, demonstrated her status as the fastest woman in the world with her […]

Openers Evin Lewis and Shai Hope provided a historic batting performance to propel the West Indies to a 62-run victory against Ireland in the third and final T201. Player-of-the-Match Lewis was just nine runs short of his third T201 century, while captain Hope smacked 51 runs off 27 balls, as the West Indies posted a massive 256 for 5 from their 20 overs after being sent in to bat at […]

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson honored Caribbean Life and several community figures and entrepreneurs during her Gala Annual Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration at Andrew Freeman House, 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, on Wednesday, June 18. The other honorees included D.J. Kool Herc, widely regarded as the founding father of Hip Hop; Cindy Campbell, model, fashion industry leader, and cultural ambassador, who played a key role in the early days of […]

Bahamas According to Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper, the Bahamian government is moving swiftly to restore the Florida-Bahamas air routes after Silver Airways abruptly terminated operations on June 11 after filing for bankruptcy. This disrupted services to several key destinations, including North Eleuthera, Governor's Harbour, Exuma, Marsh Harbour, Bimini, Freeport, and New Providence. However, beginning June 23, the national carrier Bahamasair will increase flights to fill the gap caused by […]

Two Queens restaurant owners celebrated the fifth anniversary of their restaurant located at JFK Airport. Michael Duncan and Annette Runice celebrated the anniversary of the J&P Runway Cafe during National Small Business Week on May 8th. They were joined by the Queens Borough President and other elected officials to mark the major milestone.  Duncan owns and operates the Jamaica Breeze restaurant chain, Queens-based self-serve buffet-style restaurants serving popular Jamaican breakfast, […]

Moruga, Trinidad, is not only known for having one of the world’s hottest peppers, like the ones I used in making my take on the World’s Hottest Homemade Peppersauce a few years ago. Having a vibrant Merikin community, the Moruga Hill Rice is world-renowned. Which they brought to Trinidad and Tobago around 1812. You’ll Need… 4 chicken legs (drumsticks with thighs) 1 lb pumpkin 2 onions 2 large carrots 1 […]