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Mayor Eric Adams told Jamaican nationals on August 5. “We are who we are because of the contribution of Jamaica and the other Caribbean diasporas and other groups that have come here to say we want to be part of this American Dream and this American experience.” The politician, who joined emigrants at Manhattan’s Bowling Green Square for a flag-raising ceremony to celebrate the Island nation’s 62nd Anniversary of Independence, […]

Jamaica on Tuesday celebrated 62 years of independence from Britain with one eye on its legendary athletes at the summer Olympics in France and another on the 2024 storm season following the devastation wrought on the northern Caribbean nation by superstorm Beryl early last month. Saying that the country has systems in place to deal with most crises, Prime Minister Andrew Holness told the nation that the one the island […]

The 134-year-old Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn on Saturday continued its quarterly mission of providing lunch and entertainment, with donations of food, clothing, toiletries and toys, to families at three homeless shelters in New York City. Marlene Ferguson, the Trinidadian-born chairperson of the church’s Family Life Committee, told Caribbean Life that 65 men, women and children from Boulevard Family Residence in Queens, Hospitality House in Staten Island […]

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke on Monday condemned what she described as “prolonged violence against protestors and escalating human rights violations in Bangladesh,” expressing concern for growing national instability following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sudden resignation and departure. “I am deeply concerned by the violence and human rights abuses in Bangladesh that have marked a severe effort by the governing Awami League Party to crack down on the peaceful […]

The United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) said on Monday that a New York task force investigation has resulted in the indictment of a Queens woman for allegedly defrauding 10 Caribbean nationals out of US$73,000 by promising to improve their immigration status. HSI said Windella Sanderson Wells, 54, was arraigned July 31 before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Raymond Bruce on a 44-count indictment charging first-degree scheme to defraud, […]

In recognizing Emancipation Day on Thursday, August 1, 2024, the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Hon. PJ Patterson in an address observing the day, expressed optimism, and acknowledged that support from nations within the Commonwealth, particularly nations in Africa and the Caribbean, could significantly accelerate the implementation of reparation justice. The former Prime Minister said he welcomed the decision that the topic of reparations will be on the agenda […]

Despite recent challenges posed by Hurricane Beryl, Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the island’s tourism sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience, welcoming over 105,000 stopover visitors since reopening its ports. Bartlett announced this “impressive statistic” on Wednesday during his closing presentation of the 2024/2025 Sectoral Debate in Parliament, underscoring the industry’s strength and its significant contribution to the Jamaican economy. “On Jul. 2d and 3, we had no visitors arriving […]