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Ozzie Stewart, the Trinidadian-born founder and president of Beyond The Call 24 7, Inc., a New York City-based nonprofit organization that focuses on supporting the people and populations of the Caribbean Diaspora, has described as "a resounding success" an innovative and culturally immersive event geared towards empowering members of the community through their healing journey. Stewart told Caribbean Life over the weekend that the Sept. 12 epic Caribbean artwork was […]

Bahamian officials said on Friday that they are waiting for the US to approve the new payment system for Cuban Medical Brigade workers after submitting the new arrangements to Washington. Bahamas Minister of Health Mike Darville said the US had requested to see the new contracts and these were submitted recently. If and when approved, the health ministry would hire the small contingent of Cuban medics directly rather than through […]

Edward Sisters Realty Association (ESRA), now known as ESRA Realty LLC, was started by sisters Lucille, Millicent, and Sarah Edwards. The sisters came to the U.S.A. from the Caribbean country of Guyana in South America for better life opportunities and settled in Harlem, NY.  They later established the real estate business at 740 St. Nicholas Ave., 2nd Floor, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Ramona Grey-Harris, the daughter […]

Trinidad-native Donna Bridgeman is the epitome of grace and elegance. When she stepped onto the red carpet as Queen Nefertiti and into the Exclusive Marine Park Golf Course Ball Room in Brooklyn last Saturday, Sept. 20, she was met with three hundred guests who showed up and showed out in dazzling costumes and masks to celebrate her annual All-Inclusive Royalty Masquerade Ball at the Met. Billed as one of 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 […]