See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Tangerine Clarke Mayor Bill DeBlasio recently honored Fly Jamaica Airways’ executive director and co-owner, Mrs. Roxanne Reece, with a citation for the stellar service the carrier provides to the Diaspora, and for her years ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Vinette K. Pryce Emancipation Day holds a special significance to the historic evolution of Jamaica. Marked annually on Aug. 1, it is the date in 1838 that a proclamation declared freedom from slavery. In ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon This party gets a rave review! A travelling Caribbean dance party will make its Brooklyn debut this weekend. The “West Indian Rave Tour,” in Prospect Heights on Aug. 11, combines elements of ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King Isaiah’s Temple of Mt. Hope Spiritual Baptist Church, a faith-based organization in the East New York section of Brooklyn, will next Friday night honor at least three outstanding members of the ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon Hundreds of music lovers packed Albee Square in Downtown Brooklyn to watch reggae band Meta and the Cornerstones perform on July 28. The band was the musical entertainment of Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Terrance Woodbury, Senior Analyst with Brilliant Corners Research Immigrant children have been ripped from the arms of their parent’s arms and detained in cages at our borders. Muslims have been effectively banned from entering ...
A 47-year old man, who was a well-known Legal Clerk, was found dead at his residence at Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke Highway, sources said. The body of George Frank was found face down with an apparent wound to his head. He ...
One of two men accused of robbing a Nicaraguan doctor was hours later shot by police and arrested. Police said the 40-year old man is a carpenter who lives at Laing Avenue. Investigators said he has admitted to have only aided ...
Former President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday-Emancipation Day 2018- warned Guyanese that if upcoming local and general elections are rigged it could forfeit the country’s democratic gains and crush legacy of African liberation from slavery. The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), ...
The Guyana Reparations Committee is drafting legislation to allow Afro-Guyanese to secure a percentage of Guyana’s territory as compensation for slavery in the same way that Amerindians have been legally guaranteed land rights, a move Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best ...