Dominican Republic News – Caribbean Life

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media accompanied by players of the Juventus soccer team, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 18, 2025.

Dominican Republic

New US Remittance Tax for Caribbean residents

By Dawn Plummer

Founders Patrick Cruz and Ka-wana Jefferson inside Lost Borough Ice Cream’s Yonkers flagship, where Caribbean heritage meets handcrafted sweetness.

Business

Yonkers’ Lost Borough Ice Cream scoops up expansion for National Ice Cream Month

By Tracey Khan

Colorful buildings in the capital St. George, Grenada. The Chinese has funded several projects in Grenada including low income housing and upgrading the Maurice Bishop International Airport.

Antigua

China heads for the Caribbean

By Dawn Plummer

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados speaks at the Global Renewables Summit, co-hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Global Renewables Alliance on September 24, 2024 in New York City.

Environment

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Dominican Republic

CARICOM SET TO GROW

By Bert Wilkinson

Antigu and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne (left) with the President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader.

News

Multinational force to deploy to Haiti

By Bert Wilkinson

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso (left) with honorees.

Brooklyn

Brooklynites celebrate Dominican heritage at Borough Hall

By Nelson A. King

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic expels, mistreats Haitians, activists say

By DANICA COTO

Jamaican recording artist Lincoln 3Dot. Creed Music Global

Music

Lincoln 3Dot flaunts Dembow music influence in ‘Bang’

By Nelson A. King

Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow signs the Paris Agreement on climate change at United Nations Headquarters in New York

CARICOM braces for yet another general elections

By Bert Wilkinson

Residents walk along a street affected by the passage of Tropical Storm Laura, in Port-au-Prince

Cash-strapped Caribbean recovers from deadly Storm Laura

By Andre Paultre & Sarah Marsh

Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit.

Travel

Trump advises US nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Caribbean

By Nelson A. King

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Varadero, Cuba

News

Empty resorts spell long crisis for Caribbean as coronavirus hits

By Marc Frank & Kate Chappell

Haitian, DR pols in Brooklyn bridge ‘cultural divide’

Haitian, DR pols in Brooklyn bridge ‘cultural divide’

By Nelson A. King

CARIBBEAN QUALIFIERS

Sports

CARIBBEAN QUALIFIERS

By George Alleyne

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News

PJ Patterson rips CARICOM leaders

By George Alleyne

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