Month: July 2025

Marie Driven, the Haitian-American managing director of the Brooklyn-based entertainment promotional company PlaybookMG, says "Joseph," the latest film by Brooklyn-based Haitian-American director Wanly Florexile, delivers "an emotionally charged, character-driven thriller that explores the delicate balance between faith, temptation, and cultural identity." Driven told Caribbean Life after the film was recently screened at Norwind's, a lounge at 1041 Flushing Ave. in Brooklyn, that "Joseph" is "set against a vivid backdrop enriched […]

The Higher Education Scholarship Fund Committee and the United Women in Faith collaborated on Sunday, June 22, to honor "Graduates in Faith" during Worship Service at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC), a 134-year-old church at the corner of Rogers Avenue and Fenimore Street in Brooklyn. Dianne Brown, the Jamaican-born chair of FSUMC's Higher Education Scholarship Fund Committee, told Caribbean Life that the celebration combined Youth Sunday with Graduation Sunday. […]

The Adams administration’s north star has always been public safety. New Yorkers want to send their kids to school, go to work, shop in their local store, go out for dinner, and come home safely to their family and community. They want to feel safe and be safe. And we are delivering for them. Since day one, we have gone to work to sweep out crime and illegal activities from […]

The Bahamas' government has asked the Trump administration whether it is okay to keep a small batch of Cuban medical personnel in the country in the wake of allegations from Washington that the Cuban government is exploiting those workers. Minister of Health Mike Darville's weekend announcement came less than a month after Prime Minister Phillip Davis' administration announced plans to discard the old payment system for Cuban workers, paying them […]

Over 45 years after the 1979 Grenada Revolution, a New York-based, Grenadian-born academic has explored "the situation" in the region during the Revolution and the subsequent US invasion, discussing why some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states supported the invasion while others opposed it. Writing under the topic, "Regionalism and Revolution: CARICOM and the Grenada Revolution," in the journal Latin American Perspectives, Dr. Paul Clement, a professor of economics and former chair […]

This Classic Jamaican Stew Peas is a heartfelt nod to a dish that’s beloved across the Caribbean. While I’ve titled it Jamaican, many islands have their own versions; this one leans into the flavors I grew up enjoying and the ingredients I had access to. You may remember a similar recipe I shared back in 2016 for Caribbean Peas Soup. This one simplifies the method a bit but holds on […]

Dr. Linton Atkinson, the Jamaican-born principal of Public School 244 on Tilden Avenue in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, says he was delighted to end the school year with the school's inaugural carnival on June 3. "I believe the carnival was a great way to end the year at PS 244," Dr. Atkinson told Caribbean Life in an exclusive interview. "We have had a successful academic year, where everyone worked extremely hard […]

Trinidad’s new government has succeeded in backdating legislation to prevent the country’s shortest-serving prime minister from being entitled to a monthly pension of just over nearly $12,000. Stuart Young, 50, served as prime minister of the federation with Tobago for less than two months after his predecessor, Keith Rowley, retired and maneuvered him into the position. This was just weeks before the April 28 general elections, in which the then-governing […]