Archive – Caribbean Life

Julien Alfred of Team Saint Lucia celebrates winning the gold medal during the Women's 100m Final on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on Aug. 3, 2024 in Paris, France.

St Lucia

St. Lucian Olympic Champ Alfred launches jewellery line

By Devika Ragoonanan

Hayley Matthews of West Indies celebrates with West Indies Head Coach Shane Deitz following the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 match between Bangladesh and West Indies at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Oct. 10, 2024 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Sports

West Indies Women begin preparations for a hectic 2026 campaign

By Devika Ragoonanan

West Indies coach Daren Sammy ahead of the 5th T20 International between the West Indies and England at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium on Nov. 17, 2024 in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.

Sports

Sammy blasts West Indies’ performance against Bangladesh in ODI Series

By Devika Ragoonanan

Akeal Hosein of West Indies bowls during the 2nd International T20 match between England and West Indies at Seat Unique on 8 June 2025 in Bristol.

Sports

Historic win

By Devika Ragoonanan

Judge Jacqueline Williams at the Brooklyn Canarsie Lions' Annual Masquerade Ball on Oct. 17, 2025 in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

Courts

Battle for the Bench: Williams and Eze vie for Kings County Court seats

By Nelson A. King

A group of attendees, at booths getting ready for the 8th Annual Trina Williams Far Rockaway Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence Awareness Walk, sponsored by various local organizations, including The Campaign Against Hunger (TCAH).

News

Walking for Trina: Far Rockaway honors beloved educator in Annual Awareness March

By Milette Millington

Lynette Burnley, aunt of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, lights a candle at an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 22, 2025.

Guyana

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Mayor Eric Adams speaks announces new social services hub in Brooklyn

AMNY

Op-Ed | Moving closer to affordable child care for NYC families

Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister and Minister for National Security, Legal Affairs and Information of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 80th session.

St Vincent

SVG PM wants nationals to ‘own the future’

By Nelson A. King

From left, Dr. Natasha Telesford, VP of CMM; Brenda Brown, volunteer; Daidrey DaSilva, Jamaica Cancer Society; and Dr. Donna Hutton-Cassie, CMM president, present a check at the Jamaica Cancer Society office in St. Ann, Jamaica.

Africa

CMM Black-Tie Gala to support medical missions to Caribbean, Africa

By Nelson A. King

Residents set out compost bins for collection under New York City’s expanded sanitation program.

Bronx

‘Trash Chaos’: New Yorkers frustrated by rollout of City’s new composting rules

By Tracey Khan

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Barbados

Caribbean leaders want to mediate peace between the US and Venezuela

By Bert Wilkinson

Singer Melba Moore unveils her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 10, 2023.

Arts & Entertainment

‘This Is It’ – Moore’s curtain calls from an autobiographical read

By Vinette K. Pryce

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, author of “Champion.”

Books

When you’ve done wrong, look to an inspiration to do right

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams at press conference

AMNY

Op-ed | Why Mayor Adams says he’s endorsing Andrew Cuomo to succeed him

Mohamed Q. Amin, third from left, founder/president of the Caribbean Equality Project, surrounded by members, in front of their colorful ornate booth at the Annual Diwali Festival on Oct. 18, in Smokey Park, Queens.

Queens

Richmond Hill shines bright as Diwali motorcade lights up the night

By Tangerine Clarke

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District Attorney Melinda Katz was joined by NYC Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham and U.S. Rep. Grace Meng at the first Queens Missing Persons Day on Oct. 24.

DA Katz hosts first-ever Queens Missing Persons Day to assist families with lost loved ones

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Kristolyn Lloyd, Irene Sofia Lucio, Betsy Aidem and Audrey Corsa in the Broadway production of "Liberation" by Bess Wohl, directed by Whitney White

Review | ‘Liberation’ bares all—literally and politically