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Eduard Caprice-Conner, the St. Maarten-born co-band leader of Stronjeh International, says his band is portraying "Royal Kingdom" in the Junior Carnival this Labor Day weekend. Brooklyn resident Caprice-Conner, whose mother hails from St. Maarten and father from Guyana, told Caribbean Life that the online band — on Facebook and Instagram — chose "Royal Kingdom" because "it's a fantasy of glams, glitz, jewels, colorful, vibrant." "We need to be more elegant, […]

Dozens of people celebrated gathered at Queens Borough Hall to celebrate  Jamaica’s 63rd Independence Day on Tuesday, Aug 19. Queens locals donned vibrant outfits in the colors of the Jamaican flag as they enjoyed plates of curry chicken, jerk chicken and rice and peas catered by Truth Restaurant and Lounge. Jamaica’s Independence Day is Aug. 6, 1962, and Aug. 1, 1838, marks the day of emancipation for enslaved Jamaicans, as […]

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) says the country is set to strengthen its position as one of the world’s most accessible island destinations over the next six months with expanded air service and seat capacity for the fall and winter months. JTB said on Friday, Aug. 15, that, from September 2025 through February 2026, seat capacity across the island’s three major airports is projected to grow by 4.4 percent, compared […]

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 […]