News – Caribbean Life

Pastor Gilford Monrose speaks to community leaders at Ebenezer Urban Ministry Center in Brownsville on the first day of the summit.

Community leaders gather to address teen takeovers and subway surfing

By Dawn Plummer

Dr. Beryl Williams, CAPA’s founder and president, addressed a recent Caribbean American Heritage event at Hempstead City Hall.

Brooklyn

Local groups to hold Caribbean American Heritage Month and Juneteenth celebration June 19

By Tangerine Clarke

Mexico's Julian Quinones in action with South Africa's Sphephelo Sithole.

Sports

Mexico and South Korea win World Cup openers

By Devika Ragoonanan

People walk outside the Stabroek Market in Georgetown, Guyana May 9, 2026.

Antigua

Caribbean Roundup: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Guyana, and more

By Devika Ragoonanan

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) dribbles against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) in the second half during game five of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center.

Sports

Ticker-tape parade slated for Thursday, followed by Juneteenth on Friday

By Vinette K. Pryce

Awarding-winning, Brooklyn-based Fashion Designer Roger Gary, left, with a model wearing a swimwear from his Spring, Summer Resort collection, recently shown on the runway of Summer Sizzle fashion show, in the British Virgin Islands.

Guyana

Brooklyn-based designer Roger Gary set for Guyana’s 2026 Origins Fashion Festival

By Tangerine Clarke

Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett.

Guyana

Guyana jumps into race for top United Nations role

By Bert Wilkinson

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and federal agents secure the entrance to the Delaney Hall detention center, as demonstrators remain gathered outside, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 29, 2026.

Jamaican national nabbed in ICE sweep in NYC

By Nelson A. King

Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) Executive Director Archana Jayaram.

Local non-profit Brooklyn Community Services celebrates 160 years

By Milette Millington

Trinidad and Tobago's capital, Port of Spain, at night.

Trinidad & Tobago

Unions, opposition question need for extended state of emergency measures in Trinidad

By Bert Wilkinson

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a press conference hosted with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin on unaccompanied minors and prosecuting their sponsors, at the Justice Department, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2026.

Trump moves to strip Caribbean nationals of US citizenship

By Nelson A. King

A general view of FIFA World Cup 2026 branding inside MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Business

Can Caribbean Americans cash in on the World Cup?

By Clive Bacchus

Jereem Richards won bronze in the men's 400 metres in Stockholm.

News

Jereem Richards lands Diamond League bronze

By Devika Ragoonanan

Models wearing colorful designs from AJYI Variety Store during a June 4 Afro-Caribbean fashion show on the Dorothy L. Goosby Plaza in celebration of Caribbean Heritage at Hempstead Town Hall. Other colorfully dressed audience members look on.

Hempstead brings cultural pride to Caribbean American Heritage Month observance

By Tangerine Clarke

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of the New York Public Library (NYPL).

Schomburg Center to host festival celebrating 100 years next weekend

By Milette Millington

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a memorandum in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2026.

Caribbean advocates hail court rejection of Trump’s ‘unlawful’ immigration restrictions

By Nelson A. King

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