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.

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Rights groups demand legal memo on Caribbean boat strikes

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams launches signature programs for new mothers, families avoid shelter and poverty.

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Adams launches signature programs for new mothers, families avoid shelter and poverty

By Nelson A. King

GraceKennedy Foundation Project Officer Jade-Ashley Carberry- Meikle engages with TV host Zay Harding (fourth from left) and children from the Rose Town community in Kingston during filming of The Visioneers With Zay Harding.

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GraceKennedy Foundation brings global recognition to Jamaica with CBS TV series ‘Visioneers’

By Tangerine Clarke

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at the Billie Holiday Theatre in Restoration Plaza on July 28, 2022 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City

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Adams joins coalition opposing military deployment in cities

By Nelson A. King

Dheeraj Khurana, MD, has been appointed Chief of Cardiology at Episcopal Health Services.

Health

Episcopal Health Services appoints cardiology chief

By Staff

Adjunct Professor of Caribbean Studies, SUNY, Martin P. Felix.

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Grenadian scholar renews call for Slave Trade reparations

By Nelson A. King

A group of people dressed in Halloween costumes walking down a street with one of them playing a violin.

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Aside from Halloween — scary days ahead

By Vinette K. Pryce

Rev. Lawrence Craig, third from left; Pastor the Rev. Roger Jackson, fourth from left; First Lady, Sis. Kim Jackson, fifth from left; Sis. Herline Florival, organist; and some members of FSUMC Men's Group after Worship Service.

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FSUMC hosts successful ‘Men’s Day’

By Nelson A. King

Members of the IOUM Youth Sector under the direction of Hon. Maurice Stewart (center) with members of the mechanics Choir in the background joined with the congregation in the candle ceremony, for a tribute to the 911 victims.

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Brooklyn Mechanics Order celebrates 268th Anniversary

By Nelson A. King

Silver medalist Dominica's Thea Lafond celebrates on the podium during the Women's Triple Jump Medal Ceremony at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025.

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Dominica’s LaFond appointed to World Athletics Commission

By Devika Ragoonanan

Veteran Anthony Beckford.

Beckford hails Adams’ exit from Mayoral race

By Nelson A. King

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and other Democratic House members hold a press conference on the House Steps a day before a partial government shutdown is set to take effect on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 30, 2025

National

Jeffries, Schumer blame Trump, Republicans for Fed shutdown

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Eric Adams.

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Op-ed | Seasons change, but priority of building record amounts of housing to make NYC affordable stays the same

By Mayor Eric Adams

Ozzie Stewart, founder of Beyond The Call 24 7, Inc.

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Epic Caribbean artwork to help heal abuse ‘a resounding success’

By Nelson A. King

Jamaica

A Long Journey Home

By Bert Wilkinson

From left, Dr. Donovan Stanberry, campus registrar, UWI Mona; Dr. Dennis Howard, lecturer and coordinator, Entertainment and Cultural Enterprise Management program; Ms. Michelle Williams, regional director, Caribbean, Latin America and Oceania Market, VP Records, Professor Densil A Williams, principal and pro-vice chancellor, UWI Mona and Dr. Deon Edwards-Kerr, dean, Faculty of Humanities and Education.

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Scholarship launched to help UWI students

By Dawn Plummer

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