Archive – Caribbean Life

Yvonne Peters, sixth from left, and Adonna Lewis Dudley, right, with past and prospective Miss New York Continental Cultural Pageant contestants.

Fashion

CACG Holiday Gala backs youth development and scholarships

By Nelson A. King

New York Board-Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. Dwight Williams (l) attending to a patient on a recent dental mission to Jamaica.

Jamaica

Healing after the storm: NY medical team deploys to devastated Jamaica

By Nelson A. King

From left, Immigration Attorney Melnia Cordis, host of the Reset Talk Show, JR Giddings, family, Maria Weigand, Mrs. Sharon Weigand, Audiologist, SUNY Downstate Hospital, John Weigand, Public Advocate Jumaane Willliams, volunteer Claire Patterson-Monah, and children with their toys, at the 2nd Annual toy giveaway, hosted by the Reset Talk Show, at Reflections Church, on Dec. 13, 2025.

Brooklyn

Reset Talk Show hosts Holiday Giveaway for children in Brooklyn

By Tangerine Clarke

Karine Jean-Pierre, center, former Press Secretary for President Joe Biden and first Haitian-American to hold that role, with Rogers Burgers co-founders Jonathan Pierre, left, and Josue Pierre

Haiti

Rogers Burgers carries Caribbean pride to NY’s top burger list

By Nelson A. King

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne.

Antigua

US slams travel restrictions on Antigua and Dominica

By Bert Wilkinson

Guyana Consulate Staffer, Karen Pesaud, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and Sudesh Persaud, (husband and wife) pose with the head-of-state's at the International Center for Democracy Christmas during a layover in NYC, on his way to Guyana, on Dec. 13, 2025.

Guyana

President Ali praises Diaspora loyalty during Holiday stop in New York

By Tangerine Clarke

Current members and alumni of the BSU/AHCCC, along with faculty, staff, and the Sisters of Saint Joseph (CSJ), gather in front of the original convent — once home to the CSJ educators who led TMLA for decades — during the May 2025 TMLA Black Student Union / African Heritage and Caribbean Culture Club five-year anniversary celebration.

Jamaica

From classrooms to community: NYC teens lead Hurricane Melissa relief for Jamaica

By Milette Millington

The May 2025 TMLA Black Student Union/African Heritage and Caribbean Culture Club's 5-year anniversary celebration.

Jamaica

Local NYC high school students mobilize support for Hurricane Melissa recovery in Jamaica

By Milette Millington

The aircraft carrying Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine prepares to land ahead of talks with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on regional security and cooperation against transnational crime, at Piarco International Airport, in Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago, November 25, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad to allow US planes to transit the country

By Bert Wilkinson

Fans enjoy Jamaica Strong.

News

Music, fashion, food collide at Jamaica Strong Benefit Concert

By Nelson A. King

Justin Greaves batting.

Sports

WI embarrassingly defeated inside three days

By Devika Ragoonanan

Father drumming on a couch next to his daughter and wife on Kwanzaa

New York Family

Awesome Kwanzaa Events in New York City 2025

Nessa B.

Music

Reggae, dancehall artist Nessa B ‘Never Change’

By Nelson A. King

Gerard Placide electrifies at VINCI annual pre-Christmas gala.

Caribbean

Gerard Placide electrifies at pre-Christmas Gala

By Nelson A. King

State Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie.

Politics

Myrie introduces white collar crime overhaul

By Nelson A. King

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar replies to the media after being asked about the presence of U.S. military in the southern Caribbean, at the Red House, parliamentary building, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 12, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian officials hail US radar for major drug busts

By Bert Wilkinson

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possibilities

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Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul holding hands

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person in white shirt jumping a gate in NYC subway station

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