News – Caribbean Life

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

Residents walk along a street while fleeing their homes in Cite Soleil after rival gang clashes in Haiti's capital worsened over the weekend, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 11, 2026.

Bahamas

Caribbean Roundup: Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and more

By Devika Ragoonanan

Families get a taste of Haiti as Jonathan Pierre Lafleur leads a hands-on pikliz workshop.

Haiti

Taste of Haiti: Jonathan Pierre Lafleur brings Haitian culinary storytelling to NYC families

By Orlande Fleury

Leslie Campbell died on May 3 at age 67.

Jamaica

Jamaica Consulate General opens book of condolence for former Minister of State Leslie Campbell

By Nelson A. King

A group shot at the Crown of Care Gala – Scholarship Fundraising Dinner and Awards Ceremony at the elegant El Caribe Country Club on Strickland Avenue in Brooklyn.

Trinidad & Tobago

Brooklyn’s Trinbago Progressive Association honors ‘nursing excellence’

By Nelson A. King

A view of Nassau, Bahamas. Several reforms have been recommended to strengthen the electoral process in the Bahamas.

Cuba

Caribbean Roundup: Bahamas, Cuba, Guyana, and Jamaica

By Devika Ragoonanan

Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda.

Antigua

Antigua and US locked in talks over number of US deportees

By Bert Wilkinson

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and Jayden Adrian will serve as grand marshals for the Guyana Diamond Jubilee Independence parade in Brooklyn, New York.

Guyana

Yvette Clarke named grand marshal for Guyana Diamond Jubilee Independence Parade in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

All four District 32 Assembly candidates — Nathaniel Hezekiah, Queen Johnson, Latoya LeGrand, and Tunisia Morrison —pose together at a candidate forum held on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at the Rochdale Village Grand Ballroom, 165-69 137th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens, NY.

Politics

District 32 Assembly candidates take center stage at southeast Queens candidate forum

By Orlande Fleury

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is anchored in the Guanabara Bay as part of the Southern Seas 2026 deployment for joint naval exercises, on the day the Brazilian Navy conducts radiological monitoring operations near its position, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 8, 2026.

Cuba

US moves USS Nimitz to Jamaica, 90 miles from Cuba

By Bert Wilkinson

Guyanese-born Attorney Michelle DeSouza Forte is a candidate for Civil Court judge.

Courts

District Leader Josue Pierre endorses slate of judges in Democratic primary races

By Orlande Fleury

Haitian Bridge Alliance Executive Director Guerline Jozef.

Haitian group condemns Trump’s new green card policy

By Nelson A. King

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