Month: June 2025

On June 12, Miles Regis unveiled a new Augmented Reality work for the annual Summer for the City Festival at Lincoln Center, located at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023. Titled "Safe Space," the immersive commission and experience brings the Trinidad-born artist's signature vibrant, expressive style to Lincoln Center's campus, honoring the diverse cultures in New York. Etienne Charles is longtime friends with Regis and is a celebrated […]

Season 17 of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, the Peabody Award-winning series by Black Public Media (BPM) and WORLD, began on Monday, June 9, with an impressive lineup of documentary and narrative films, including the premiere of “Mother Suriname.” “Mother Suriname,” a documentary feature by Tessa Leuwsha, uses colorized archival footage and gripping narration to pay a touching tribute to the director’s grandmother in colonial Suriname. It gives a voice […]

Barbados After a ruptured crude oil pipeline at the Barbados National Energy Company Ltd (BNECL) fuel loading facility caused oil to spill onto the beach, efforts are being made to contain and clean up the oil spill in Oistins, on the island's south coast. According to government officials, there has been no evidence so far that the oil has entered the sea, as Minister of Energy Lisa Cummins visited the […]

GRAMMY-winning reggae lyricist and cultural ambassador Kabaka Pyramid recently released his vibrant new single “Jamaica,” a soulful tribute to his beloved homeland. “The track arrives as part of the growing Pon Di Island Riddim compilation, released via Bebble Rock, and serves as a powerful homage to the rich culture, natural beauty, and global impact of the island,” Jamaican entertainment publicist Ronnie Tomlinson told Caribbean Life. “Built on a breezy, sun-soaked riddim originally […]

Among thousands of music lovers expected to descend on Montego Bay, Jamaica for this year’s Reggae Sumfest, slated from July 13–19, is Suzette Williams, a Jamaican-born, Bronx-based entrepreneur, who credits R&B icon Toni Braxton with inspiring her life and career path. “In the 1990s, Toni Braxton ruled the airwaves in Jamaica,” Williams told Caribbean Life on Tuesday. “I was in high school then, and she was everything. I had a […]

Public safety has always been the North Star of this administration. Keeping our city safe is not just about crime stats — it is also about how people are feeling. And New Yorkers have strong feelings about illegal mopeds and scooters, especially when they are driving the wrong way down streets, on sidewalks, or in the dark without any lights, and when they are modified to increase noise and disturb […]

Just weeks after Caribbean leaders met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington and the Caribbean to discuss several issues, all indications now point to a request for another mini-summit following the Trump administration's threats to restrict travel for nationals from some nations that have the Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP). Rubio had flown to Jamaica, Guyana, and Suriname, where he had met leaders on a range of issues, […]

“That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor,” edited by Damon Young c.2025, Pantheon                                            $28.00                                            256 pages   Bust a gut. Laugh your rear-end off. Laugh yourself silly, until you almost cried, it’s the best medicine. Had you rolling in the aisles, holding your sides coz they hurt. When something’s funny, you know it but what does humor look like across racial lines? In the […]