Month: August 2025

Voters in Jamaica will face the polls two days after fellow Caribbean Community nation Guyana. Prime Minister Andrew Holness named Sept. 3 as the day he will seek a third consecutive term Sunday night. For most Jamaicans, the date is no surprise, as the Jamaica Labor Party’s (JLP) five-year mandate runs out next month. In announcing the date, he has basically given the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) just […]

Calvin Sennon, the Trinidadian-born founder of Taste of Canarsie, Celebrate Canarsie, and Mas in Canarsie, says Saturday’s launch of Mas in Canarsie was “a celebration of culture, community, and connection.” “It was very successful,” Sennon, who owns TriniJam BK, on Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie, Brooklyn, with his Jamaican-born wife, Latoya, told Caribbean Life on Tuesday, Aug. 5. “It was a good feeling to see the community come out – to […]

Grenada has given a strong hint about the need to dispose of colonial-era relics, moving at the weekend to end local officials' swearing allegiance to the British monarchy. Timed to coincide with annual emancipation celebrations, Governor-General Dame Cecile La Grenade assented to a parliamentary act mandating officials abandon the decades-old practice. Officials being sworn in are now required to swear allegiance to Grenada rather than "the king, his heirs and […]

Longtime advocate for Caribbean athletes and founder of Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), Irwine Clare, Sr. OD, will be recognized with the Visionary Award from NBA star Jalen Brunson's Second Round Foundation at the 3rd Annual Charity Golf Classic on Aug. 18 at Westchester Country Club in Rye, Upstate New York. "This past year has been an absolute pleasure partnering with Team Jamaica Bickle and witnessing the decades of success and […]

Trinidadian-born Pastor Ruth Forestine has underscored the power of Salvation in Jesus Christ, saying that Salvation in Christ is "a gift of grace, meaning it is not earned through good works but received through faith" in the Almighty. "Jesus's sacrifice on the cross is the foundation of salvation, bearing the penalty for the sins of humanity," said Rev. Forestine, pastor of Word of Life Christian Church Ministries, Inc, in South […]

Jamaican patriarch Kenneth "Papa" Chisholm on July 26 marked a rare and remarkable milestone, celebrating his 100th birthday, surrounded by family members and friends at a special gathering on Farmers Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens.   Chisholm's granddaughter, Tiffany Jackson, told Caribbean Life on Monday, Aug. 4, that Chisholm's life has "spanned generations, countries, and countless stories." She said her grandfather, who was born and raised in St. Mary, Jamaica, is […]

Award-winning SugaCandy Mas is ready for the road, so says bandleader Maxine Magdaleno, a Belizean American, who launched her band with grand fanfare on Aug. 3, to participate in the 56th West Indian American Day Carnival on Eastern Parkway. Magdaleno was excited during an exclusive interview with Caribbean Life at the band's official Mas Camp at 649 Rogers Ave. in Brooklyn. She noted that it will be ten years since […]

Color, culture and Carnival spirit will take over Crown Heights this Saturday as the Brooklyn Children’s Museum hosts its annual “Celebrate the Caribbean” festival — a family event honoring the borough’s vibrant Caribbean communities. “At Brooklyn Children’s Museum, all of our programming reflects the diversity of the communities of Brooklyn,” said Dylan House, director of public programs at the museum. “And being a museum that’s located in Crown Heights, with […]

On July 22, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) hosted the first event in its new virtual Lunch and Learn series, titled "Accessibility, Technology and Transit in the New York Metropolitan Region," with panelists Charley Cohen, Yuvraj Ramsaywack, Christopher Hrones (last name pronounced Rones), Ocean Stokes, LaTisha Smith, and Edmund Asiedu. This event was hosted to honor Disability Pride Month, which is celebrated annually in July, and the 35th anniversary of […]