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Frustrated by the slow place of progress and the reluctance of the United Kingdom to engage the region on formal talks on reparations, Caribbean leaders say they will do all they can to confront Britain and bring them to the table to discuss the issue of the trans Atlantic slave trade and Britain’s enduring responsibilities. Speaking in Port of Spain, Trinidad’s capital, during annual slavery emancipation celebrations this week, Prime […]

New York Police Department (NYPD) First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella, who considers herself “half-Jamaican” and “half-Guyanese”, says she is mentoring a group of 29 New York City high school girls as they prepare to run their first-ever New York Road Runners (NYRR) Harlem 5K on Aug. 10. “As an ambassador for NYRR’s Run for the Future, I’m so honored to mentor the next generation and inspire them through the power […]

Two immigrant advocacy groups in New York on Thursday strongly condemned as “a devastating blow” to Caribbean and other immigrants and low-income families a Manhattan Supreme Court decision striking down a lawsuit that would have compelled the Eric Adams administration and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to implement the CityFHEPS housing voucher package that was passed in May 2023 by the City Council. The City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction […]

When senator-elect Kamala Harris quoted Bob Marley saying her presence on the political scene signals a time to “Get Up Stand Up” she punctuated a campaign promise she launched as California Attorney General when she declared “Kamala Harris For The People.” At that time she already oversaw the largest state justice system in all of America. In both instances, her purposeful statements hinted a brewing hurricane from the west. That […]

A Jamaican appeals court on Wednesday freed a world-renowned Jamaican Dance Hall star after 13 years behind bars for murder, but the verdict has refueled a debate as to whether Jamaica should ditch the British Privy Council as its apex court or switch to the Trinidad-based umbrella Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for final decisions. Superstar Vybz Kartel, real name Adidja Palmer, walked out of a correctional center in the […]

The Brooklyn Democratic Party says its district leaders have nominated three Civil Court judges to fill newly-created seats. Party Chair Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn told Caribbean Life on Wednesday that the nominees – Tawanna M. St. Louis, Mark Kagan and Abayomi Ajaiyeoba Whint – will now appear on the November Presidential Election ballot, “virtually guaranteeing their elections in deep-Blue Brooklyn.  “The Brooklyn Democratic Party proudly continues to advance extremely-qualified, diverse, […]

The Brooklyn-based Carlos Lezama Archives and Caribbean Cultural Center (CLACC-C) says it will be showcasing a pre-World Steel Pan Day celebration on Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1, downtown Brooklyn, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CLACC-C said on Wednesday that the event will highlight, among others, Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra, Eruption Steel Orchestra, Metro Steel Orchestra, and a special performance by Earl Brooks, Jr. & […]

Caribbean Community leaders say they are extremely angry with the US over its continued economic and political bullying of Cuba, contending that Cubans are experiencing grave hardship at the hands of the decades-old economic embargo imposed by Washington. Cuba is not a member of the 15-nation grouping but shares extremely close ties with Caricom. The two sides have enjoyed 52 years of diplomatic relations when Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica […]