Austin Jack Warner, the Trinidadian executive and business mogul, widely credited with placing Caribbean soccer on the map, will no longer be extradited to the US to face bribery and corruption charges linked to bidding for previous editions of the World Cup. A local court ruled on Tuesday that the legal justifications by US authorities to get Warner, 81, on a plane north to face trial were flawed from the […]
An embarrassing situation is playing itself out in Trinidad and Tobago. Both the government and the main opposition are acknowledging that the republic's lower-ranking soldiers are poorly fed, wear tattered uniforms and bulletproof vests, and sleep on mattresses so thin that they cause aching backs. The issue has come to the fore after Opposition Leader Penny Beckles complained to local media and after Minister of Defense Wayne Sturge went on […]
The Vincent and Patricia Foundation, in partnership with the Institute of Caribbean Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus officially launched the Vincent and Patricia (VP) Entertainment Cultural Enterprise Management (ECEM) scholarship at the Mona Campus on Sept. 9, 2025. This award will provide tuition assistance and academic support to two university students entering the BA degree program in Entertainment Cultural Enterprise […]
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney met on Tuesday, Sept. 23, with President of the Transitional Presidential Council of Haiti, Laurent Saint-Cyr, and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley. The Government of Canada said Carney met with both leaders on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Debate in New York. “Prime Minister Carney and President Saint-Cyr discussed the ongoing crisis in Haiti and Canada’s support […]
A Jamaican man who was deported to Eswatini (Swaziland) in Africa after completing his sentence for murder and other felony crimes is now back home, thanks to a sustained effort by his government and a strong coalition of different agencies, including the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an official announcement stated this week. Instead of being sent back to the island where government officials said he would have been welcomed […]
More than a decade after his death, Jamaican-born hip hop legend Dwight Myers, also known as Heavy D, was posthumously honored by the Irie Jam Foundation in New York with the Purpose Talk Legacy Honor Award. The event took place recently at the Resorts World Casino in Queens. Heavy D's parents, Eulahlee and Clifford Myers, accepted the award on his behalf. Syntyche "Syn" Clarke, co-chair of the Irie Jam Foundation, […]
Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and recording artist Minna LaFortune has officially submitted her latest album, Dance with Me, Vol. II, for consideration in the Best Reggae Album Category at the 68th GRAMMY® Awards set to take place in Los Angeles, CA on Feb. 1, 2026. LaFortune told Caribbean Life on Friday, Sept. 12, that the album, released on Jun. 7, 2025, is devoted to social consciousness and celebrating life. Blending […]
GRAMMY Award-winning artist and founding member of Morgan Heritage, Mojo Morgan, has dropped his anthemic new single "Dreams." Morgan paired "Dreams" with announcing his long-awaited EP Jamaica Love on Aug. 29. "' Dreams' is for every hustler, every survivor, and soul who refuses to settle," Morgan said. "Motivational, soulful and uplifting, it's a declaration that your dreams are valid, no matter where you come from or what you've been told." […]
Italian navigator Christopher Columbus staked a claim to the discovery of the Caribbean and South American territories six centuries ago. His monumental legacy of being the first to the "New World" indelibly imprints culture and heritage on generations and populations adopting the Spanish language for communication and a way of life in Europe. However, with time's passage, numerous iterations have emerged from immigration, other explorations, and geography to produce unique […]
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