Month: July 2025

Food, music, dancing, and pageantry were on full display on Saturday, June 28, during the Annual Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration at 1222 East 96th St. in Canarsie, Brooklyn. The co-chairs of the New York State Caribbean-American Delegation — Assembly Member Jaime Williams and Monique Chandler-Waterman and Senator Roxanne Persaud — told Caribbean Life that the "epic" event celebrated the "vibrant culture of the Caribbean through music, food, dancing, games and […]

Jamaican entertainment publicist Rickardo W. Shuzzr said on Sunday, June 22, Alkaline, the renowned Jamaican dancehall artist, delivered "a mesmerizing performance" at the sold-out Rebel Night Club in Toronto, Canada, captivating over 4,500 fans. "With anticipation building since New Rules' debut in April at the Wembley Arena, with over 12,000 fans witnessing, Toronto was in full energy for a great experience," Shuzzr, of Shuzzr PR, told Caribbean Life.  "The energy […]

The West Indies head coach, Daren Sammy, was fined 15% of his match fee for criticizing an official during the recently concluded opening Test match against Australia at Kensington Oval in Barbados. Sammy breached Level 1 of the ICC's Code of Conduct on June 27 during the second day of the match that Australia won by 159 runs. Sammy's criticism relates to comments he made during a media interaction at […]

Captain Hayley Matthews and her deputy Shemaine Campbelle played crucial roles in leading the West Indies Women to their first T20 series win over South Africa in 12 years at the 3Ws Oval, Barbados. Matthews scored her second consecutive half century of the series, and Campbelle led the home team to a six-wicket win, securing a 2-1 series victory. After winning the toss and choosing to bat, South Africa scored […]

Atelier Artist is a co-sharing space and creative residency located in Central Brooklyn. The founders are opening their doors, offering the marginalized creatives an opportunity to achieve success in New York City’s increasingly exclusive art scene. The residency is open to creatives across Brooklyn who are talented in visual arts, performance, media, design, writing, and sound. Priority will be given to applicants from historically marginalized backgrounds seeking sustainable and intentional […]

Despite saying he has absolutely no chance of winning general elections on Sept. 1, Guyana's government is accessing abundant resources to crush a small, new upstart political party headed by a former close family friend. Azarrudin Mohamed is the presidential candidate of the "We Invest in Nationhood" (WIN) party, contesting the elections. While campaigning around the country in recent weeks, Mohamed has been attracting large, enthusiastic crowds in areas that […]

A year and a half ago, SUNY Downstate’s future was deeply uncertain. Its hospital was in physical disrepair, facing a $100 million annual deficit, and projected to run out of cash to continue to operate by the summer of 2024. For an institution so important to the community—and where most patients are low-income and people of color—the stakes couldn’t have been higher. Today, thanks to a historic $1 billion-plus investment […]

The largest property service workers’ local union in the United States on Tuesday, July 1, welcomed a federal judge’s ruling in Brooklyn in favor of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants. 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) sued the Trump administration, citing Trump’s “illegal efforts to vacate the Biden administration’s designation and expose hundreds of thousands of hard-working people, many of whom have spent decades living and […]

On Monday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams honored four Caribbean nationals during his annual grand Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration at Gracie Mansion, the mayor's official residence on East 88th St., Upper East Side, Manhattan. The honorees were: Angela P. Sealy, the Trinidadian-born former chairperson and treasurer, current member and senior advisor of the Brooklyn-based West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA); Jacqueline T. Lopardo, a Staten Island-born strategic legal […]