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Since dropping the hard-hitting “Ghetto People Song” 30 years ago that made him a household name, veteran singer Everton Blender’s career is about to take flight again with his latest project, “Can’t Take my Space,” a new album that is scheduled for release later this month. Blender, 68, told Caribbean Life on Monday that the 14-song disc is his first studio album since his last album in 2011, titled “Higher […]

In participating this year, for the very first time, in the West Indian American Day Carnival, the Brooklyn-based On Your Toes Dance Studio will be portraying the “The Four Elements” in the Junior Carnival category. “On Your Toes Dance Studio has been serving the community with high quality for 15 years and decided to launch our own junior mas band,” Jamaican-American band leader Althea Holmes, who also owns On Your […]

By the end of this year, the Trinidad government would ensure that the national coat of arms no longer bears the images of the three ships that Christopher Columbus and his sailors used on their maiden voyage to “rediscover” the West Indies more than 800 years ago, saying it will be removed as part of the process of sanitizing the country from its colonial past. Prime Minister Keith Rowley told […]

As the US Presidential Elections draw closer and after the New York State Court of Appeals affirmed the constitutionality of the New York Early Mail Voter Act, New York Attorney General Letitia James has vowed to continue protecting New Yorkers’ voting rights. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) had defended from a lawsuit brought by opponents challenging the Legislature’s authority to enact mail-in voting. “The right to vote is […]

Rarely one would see a consul general headlining a major cultural event. But that was the case on Saturday, as St. Vincent and the Grenadines Consul General to the United States Rondy “Luta” McIntosh, a renowned soca artiste, clearly, outperformed other artistes, as he brought the house down, stage-side, at the massive annual Vincy Day USA Picnic at the picturesque Heckscher State Park in East Islip, Suffolk County, Long Is. […]

Jamaica and global dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel is planning a series of comeback concerts in the region starting in late December but before then, it appears that he wants wrap up treatment for Graves’ disease and St. Vincent could be the place where he gets treated. Adidja Palmer flew to St. Vincent on a private jet at the weekend along with his wife and former West Indies star all rounder […]

A Caribbean Community team which along with regional leaders and western nations had recently helped member state, Haiti, put together an interim government as heavily armed gangs were causing mayhem in the capital, has been told that the much vaunted Kenyan police officers contingent has had little impact controlling violent crime. The regional Eminent Persons Group (EPG) made up of former prime ministers Bruce Golding of Jamaica, Kenneth Anthony of […]

The Caribbean Elite Group, organizer of the Caribbean Music Awards, said on Tuesday that a star-studded line up is set to return to Brooklyn’s iconic Kings Theatre next Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. The group said it will be “an unforgettable night of celebration, music, cultural pride and a showcase of ‘Voices of The Caribbean.’” “Hosted by the Queen of Dancehall, Spice, and the King of Comedy, Majah Hype, this year’s […]

With much pageantry and fanfare, the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA), organizer of the annual massive Caribbean Carnival Parade on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, last Thursday evening launched its 57th New York Carnival Week at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. The elaborate ceremony, held under the theme, “The Evolution”, featured, among others, presentations from senior and junior masquerade bands, dance performances, cultural presentations and speeches by local elected officials. […]