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Clearly rattled by the weekend murders of eight youngsters and critical injuries to nine others, Jamaican authorities have ordered the island’s forces to immediately wipe out heavily armed gangsters responsible for the attacks, contending that such a reprehensible mass murder should not be allowed to occur again. The order followed an early Monday emergency meeting of the security council that was held hours after the eight were slaughtered in the […]

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on August 7 appointed Dr. Mariko Silver, a leader in the fields of philanthropy, education, government and the arts, as its next president and chief executive officer. Board Chair Steven R. Swartz said Silver, the 12th president, will join Lincoln Center on September 23, 2024.  “Silver will build upon a number of bold initiatives in recent years that invest in the vibrancy of New […]

The United States Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency said on Tuesday that agents from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Boston, Massachusetts have apprehended an unlawfully present 26-year-old Haitian national accused of aggravated rape of a child in a Rockland, Massachusetts migrant shelter. ICE said deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Cory Bernard Alvarez on Tuesday near his residence in Brockton, Massachusetts.  “Cory Bernard Alvarez has been charged with […]

Fast rising music prodigy Nigy Boy proved his mettle at “Rumpy Weekend” in cash-rich George Town, Grand Cayman, an island whose economy boasts the highest per capita income in the Caribbean. “The visually impaired New York based singer delivered a blistering performance that left many reggae lovers begging for more,” Anthony Turner, the New York-based, Jamaican-born entertainment publicist, told Caribbean Life on Tuesday.  “Evidence of the love Cayman has for […]

The Organization of American States (OAS) says the 3rd Regional Meeting of Women Leaders of Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean will bring together 33 women leaders from various Diasporas from 12 countries in the region, from August 14 to 16 in Cartagena, Colombia, to strengthen their skills on leadership, socioeconomic integration, intersectionality, gender perspective and advocacy, based on their own experiences. The Washington-based OAS said the event, “Dialogue […]

Vincentian-born, renowned international recording artiste Judy Boucher will be the featured artiste at “Bliss Love Fest” this fall at Amazura, 91-12 144th Pl., Queens. “The main aim of the event is to offer fans the opportunity to see Judy Boucher with a live band, along with a great line-up of musicians”,” Toni Johnson, the Vincentian-born founder and chief executive officer of the Brooklyn-based Kinetic Bliss Promotions (KBP), host of the […]

As several islands including Jamaica, Carriacou, Petite Martinique clean up from superstorm Beryl last month, the region is once again preparing for possible landfall from another storm as the global community monitors the development of Tropical Storm Ernesto as it barrels its way through the regional island chain this week. Puerto Rico, The US Virgin Islands, others as far north as Bermuda in the mid-Atlantic have all issued storm warnings, […]

Clive W, Blackwood, executive vice president and general auditor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was among a number of luminaries who were honored Saturday night at the Third Annual Jamaica People’s Independence Ball at Terrace On The Park in Queens.  The glitzy, sold-out, Black-tie gala, organized by the New York-based Jamaica Independence Foundation, Inc., headed by Julie L. Brook, celebrated Jamaica’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.  Other honorees included […]