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The Justice System 101: Inside the Surrogate Courts
Towering over the northwest corner of Chambers Street, between Centre and Elk streets, sits the historical New York County Surrogate Courthouse. The seven-story,...
Rasta singer very concerned about Ukraine war
Queens-based Rastafarian singer Scepta, a proud Pan-Africanist and member of the Marcus Garvey-founded Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), says he is “v...
‘D’Mile’ shines bright at GRAMMYS
One of the most deserving men in music, Dernst “D’Mile” Emile, II celebrated huge wins Sunday night after he walked away with several GRAMMYS. D’Mile won in major categories...
Former Nevis Premier Vance Amory succumbs to cancer
Vance Winkworth Amory, the former premier of Nevis and erstwhile opening batsman for the Combined Islands (Windward and Leeward Islands) cricket team in the reg...
Caribbean pols welcome historic confirmation of first Black woman to US Supreme Court
Caribbean American legislators in New York have wholeheartedly welcomed Thursday’s historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to be elevated to the Supreme Court of th...
Guyana Fashion Showcase Int. set for Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta
Founder and CEO Philibert Giddings and the committee of Guyana Fashion Showcase Int. (GFSI) is pleased to announce, that the runway show that wo...
Black small business owners bring popular Acai Bowls to trendy Williamsburg
Long Island’s popular SoBol Cafe has officially brought its signature Acai (pronounced ah-sah-EE) Bowl eatery to the trendy Williamsbu...
Exxon oil spill controversy heats up, Guyana Opposition calls for adequate safeguards
Guyana’s government has granted approval for American supermajor ExxonMobil to develop a fourth offshore oil and gas field, but civi...
Education meets the metaverse in Eastern Caribbean national colleges
In 2021, when most school systems and national colleges in the Eastern Caribbean suspended face-to-face learning because of the COVID-19 pandem...
Hochul wants ‘Cannabis Conversations’
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced “Cannabis Conversations,” New York State’s first public health education campaign on cannabis to inform the public on the state’s ...
Former Brooklyn Cricket League prez dies at 80
Vincentian Ronald “Charles” S. Ottley, a former president of the Brooklyn Cricket League and one of the founders of the Brooklyn-based, Vincentian cricket club, ...
US migration policy is enriching cartels at the busiest, and most dangerous, part of the US-Mexico border
Adam Isacson is director for Defense Oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America WASHINGTON DC, Apri...
'Trio of Gems' — Jamaica looses two Mighty Diamonds
Members of the reggae fraternity are reeling from shock and disbelief after receiving back-to-back tragic news regarding the Mighty Diamonds, one of the oldest collaborators of Jamaica’s popular mu...
Kes drops ‘Liki Tiki’
Port-of-Spain meets Port-au-Prince as Trinidad and Tobago soca star Kes (aka Kes The Band) join Haitian-born producer, Michaël Brun (J Balvin, Mr Eazi) and singer JPerry on “Liki Tiki.” The tra...
Go With The Flo
Iman, Nicole Ari Parker, Rosario Dawson and Aurora James were among the bevy of beauties that attended the Inaugural Benefit Gala for Fifteen Percent Pledge on April 2 at the New York Public Li...
STAB IN THE BACK
An embarrassing diplomatic situation has emerged in the 15-nation Caribbean community family following a very recent decision by Jamaica to unceremoniously break ranks with its region...
MAS EXHIBIT
The West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA), organizer of the annual massive carnival parade on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, on Saturday hosted a mas exhibition from it...
Guyana, CPL sign three-year finals deal
The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will host the finals from this year until 2024 at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. A media release states: “This season, Guyana wi...
Three days late and counting, still no budget deal
Three days after the state budget’s April 1 deadline, Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters Monday she expects negotiations to wrap up in the next few days, while
Community SheRoes honored at the close of WHM
State Senator Kevin Parker and NYC Council Member Farah Louis, collaborated for an evening filled with praise, to celebrate the exceptional contributions of five community leaders, who were honored with P...
Brooklyn gives Perry rousing send-off
An almost Who’s Who in Brooklyn politics, as well as hundreds of supporters and well-wishers were present Saturday night, as the Brooklyn community gave Jamaican-born Assem...
Presiding during the pandemic quite challenging: Judge Sandra Roper
Civil Court Judge of The City of New York, Sandra Elena Roper says that presiding during the COVID-19 pandemic was “quite a challenge.” Judge...
Caribbean RoundUp https://www.caribbeanlife.com/caribbean-roundup-453/
ANTUGUA Antigua and Barbuda will hold a “scaled-down” carnival lasting seven days this year and the island will also allow unvaccinated nationals to return home under certain conditions....
Things to say to your children
“The Trayvon Generation” by Elizabeth Alexander c.2022, Grand Central Publishing $22.00 160 pages Your children never miss a thing. Nothing escapes their notice. They watch b...
Mayor, governor, former sec of state headed where the “Action” Is
Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul are among a long list of influential Americans headed for the Sheraton Times Square Hotel for National Acti...
'Acting is my best medicine' says Dr. Fleurette Harris
“Acting is the best medicine I have used throughout my life to help my fellow men and women achieve overall good health and well being,” says Dr. Fleurette ...
Vincentian Olympian Shafiqua Maloney's journey to University of Arkansas
After recently winning the University of Arkansas Invitational Women 800 meters at the Randal Tyson Track Center, Vincentian Olympian Shafiqua Maloney has been telling Caribbean Life of her journey thus f...
Stephen Marley pays ‘Reggae Tribute’ to Nina Simone
Multi-GRAMMY Award-winner Stephen Marley has released his new EP “Celebrating Nina: Reggae Tribute To Nina Simone” via Ghetto Youths International. “Co-produced by Paul Fakhourie, mix and mastered b...
King Jammy destroys the Virus with Dub’
“King Jammy Destroys The Virus With Dub” finds Jamaican producer, mixing engineer and reggae icon King Jammy emerging from his famed Waterhouse Studio in Kingston, Jamai...
Historic meeting with Kamala Harris ‘very productive’: JA PM
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness has described as “very productive” his historic meeting on Wednesday with United States Vice President Kamala Ha...
Caribbean citizenship, passport scheme under threat
When the banana exports scheme from the Caribbean to Europe collapsed in the late 90s, it sent governments on a frantic search for altern...
March Madness Mars Movies’ Memorable Moments
Oscars – Women’s History Month: Blame it on March Madness or confirmation of the ‘in like a lamb… out like a lion theory’ the 94th annual Academy Awards provi...
Jamaica PM to meet with Kamala Harris
The Office of Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness said on Tuesday that the Jamaican leader was expected Tuesday afternoon to depart for a “working visit in Washington, D....
K&L Manor Banquet Hall ready for bookings
K&L Manor Banquet Hall, a 6000 sq ft. newly remodeled banquet hall, a women-owned business, located at 4501 Glenwood Rd., in Community Board 17 in Brooklyn, welcomed prosp...
Comedy treat for women at Borough Hall
Brooklyn Borough President, Antonio Reynoso on Thursday, March 24 hosted a comedy show in celebration of Women’s Hi...
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