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The Fort Lauderdale-based Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA), together with the CHTA Education Foundation (CHTAEF), is calling on the global community to support its Hurricane Relief Auction to support Caribbean hospitality workers impacted by the recent devastation of Hurricane Beryl. CHTA said on Thursday that the auction offers “a unique opportunity for individuals to contribute to recovery efforts, ensuring that affected communities receive the necessary support to rebuild and […]

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) and Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY), joined by Reps. Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Frank Mrvan (D-IN), on Wednesday introduced the bipartisan Save Our Safety-Net Hospitals Act to prevent massive cuts to New York hospitals’ Medicaid payments. ‘“New York’s safety net hospitals are an invaluable resource for our state’s most vulnerable patients, and Medicaid DSH funding is necessary […]

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has fired the head of a commercial state bank after he had alleged that three members of the country’s governing interim government had demanded bribes from him to remain as head honcho of the National Bank of Credit (BNC). Raoul Pascal Pierre Louis thought he was doing the right thing by formally writing to Conille recently telling him that the council members, Louis Gérald Gilles, Smith […]

Pastor Louis H. Straker, Jr. and parishioners at Reflections Church, on Utica Avenue and Beverley Road in Brooklyn, have made a “generous donation” of $5,000 towards the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Hurricane Beryl relief effort. Flanked by parishioners, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Consul General to the United States Rondy “Luta” McIntosh, and members of the Brooklyn-based SVG Relief USA, Inc., Pastor Straker presented a check, on National Night […]

Rickford Burke, president of the Brooklyn-based Guyana Independence Celebration Committee New York, says “excitement is building in New York City” in anticipation of Dancehall superstar Yung Bredda’s big debut in the US on Sunday, August 18. Burke told Caribbean Life on Thursday that Yung Bredda, whose real name is Akhenation Lewis, will appear at Guyana’s annual independence celebration in Brooklyn.  He said Yung Bredda will also be among four grand […]

Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced New York State will invest $27.5 million to expand maternal and pediatric health care facilities at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. She said the State’s investment will increase access to high-quality prenatal and mental health care by expanding the hospital’s Women’s Pavilion to more than double its current size.  The governor said this investment will also enable the hospital to build a new, state-of-the-art Pediatric […]

Peter “S.Y.” Pestano, the Guyanese-born CEO of The Programm, a multifaceted recording company, on Thursday announced a groundbreaking joint venture with LLC4/Capitol Records, the flagship label of Capitol Music Group. “This collaboration marks a significant milestone in The Programm’s mission to create a cohesive community between LLC4, The Programm and its partners at Capitol records that is built on the backbone of success,” Pestano told Caribbean Life. He said central […]

Still deeply concerned about the impact of the decision by the US Supreme Court in striking down New York’s concealed carry law in 2022, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has been pushing for gun control and redoubling his office’s efforts to keep communities safe. Two years after that watershed ruling, known as Bruen, Gonzalez on Wednesday spoke with PBS NewsHour about his remaining concerns and his strategies in light of […]

A day ago, it was Tropical Storm Ernesto as it left a trail of destruction across Puerto Rico, the British and the US Virgin Islands but the storm has now strengthened into a category one hurricane as it heads out over warm ocean waters to Bermuda in the mid-Atlantic by Saturday. Ernesto is the third of five named storms for the 2024 season so far and the third to have […]