Month: August 2025

A pro-democracy and rights organization founded by late US President Jimmy Carter has flayed Guyanese banks for closing the accounts of dozens of opposition candidates because the party leader was sanctioned by the US a year ago. The Carter Center, on the ground in Guyana ahead of general elections on Labor Day, Sept. 1, thinks that the banks might have misinterpreted the intentions of the US Treasury when it slapped […]

In a move that has clearly stunned her nation, Trinidad’s government has thrown its full and unequivocal support behind planned and anticipated US military action against Venezuela even offering Washington access to local soil if Venezuela ever attacks fellow CARICOM nation and neighbor, Guyana with which it has a simmering decades-old border dispute. In a late Saturday statement, Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar made it clear her twin-island federation with […]

The Brooklyn-based West Indian-American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) announced that New York Caribbean Carnival Week kicks off next Thursday, Aug. 28 with a celebration of “58 years of Caribbean culture, cuisine, programs, contribution, mas, steel band and more,” under the theme, “Vive Le Carnivale!” It said the festivities kick off at the Brooklyn Museum Grounds (Parking lot) and culminate on Eastern Parkway, “Caribbean Cultural Row”, for the massive carnival parade. […]

In picture-perfect weather, Vincentians from all walks of life on Saturday, Aug. 16, converged on the picturesque and expansive Heckscher State Park in East Islip, Long Island for the massive Vincy Day Picnic. Nationals trekked from as far as Canada and Miami, as well as from their homeland, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for the 13th annual extravaganza.  With the temperature hovering around 83 degrees, thousands of Vincentians, Caribbeans, and […]

Caribbean-American US Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-Brooklyn) says she has introduced the Marcus Garvey Legacy Package in the US House of Representatives that comprises two pieces of legislation that honor “one of history’s most influential leaders in the global struggle for Black self-determination, human rights, and economic empowerment: Marcus Mosiah Garvey.” Marcus Mosiah Garvey is Jamaica’s first national hero. Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, who represents the 9th Congressional […]

Grenadian-born mas producer Kison Ventour never thought he would be producing mas for long, much less for a decade. So, he is portraying “Wildest Dreams” for this Labor Day. “I’m portraying ‘Wildest Dreams’ because who would have thought I would be in a mas game for 10 years,” Ventour told Caribbean Life at his mas camp in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, at 381 East 52nd St.. He said “Wildest Dreams” comprises […]

Brooklyn-based costume designer and band leader Marlon “Freedom” Jacobs told Caribbean Life recently that after making an unforgettable debut on the Labor Day Carnival scene last year, Nomads Carnival is back, and this time, the Guyanese-owned brand is going even bigger. Nomads is the first Guyanese-owned and operated brand to make an indelible mark on Brooklyn’s iconic Labor Day Carnival. It was launched by entertainment mogul Marlon “Freedom” Jacobs, a […]

The virtually based Kaisokah Moko Jumbies USA, Inc. is portraying "Splendor of the Amazon" for Brooklyn's West Indian-American Day Carnival, hoping to attract up to 90 masqueraders in the Junior Carnival category. "We picked this theme because it allows us to express our creativity on a different level," Trinidadian-born band leader, founder, and executive director Jason Edwards, a Queens resident, told Caribbean Life. He said "Splendor of the Amazon" comprises […]

With just days remaining before the highly anticipated Caribbean Music Awards (CMA) at the prestigious Kings Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on Thursday, Aug. 28, the Caribbean Elite Group (CEG), organizer of the event, says that legendary Jamaican-American artist Busta Rhymes will receive the Elite Icon honor. "This prestigious award recognizes his significant influence on the music industry and celebrates his remarkable ability to blend his Caribbean heritage with mainstream hip-hop," […]