Guyana CG in Barbados calls for strengthened relations
BY TANGERINE CLARKE From Caribbean Life Consul General of Guyana in Barbados, Cita Pilgrim has said now that there is a new administration in place in Barbados, the two countries have a long way to go, since Guyana is on…
Young Caribbean American ordained into priesthood
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life Over 1,000 people gathered at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, Long Is. on Sept. 15 to witness the ordination of the Rev. Leandra T. Lambert to the Sacred Order of…
US: Boom Mas gets erotic for Labor Day
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life After four consecutive years on the Parkway, Boom Mas Carnival, the International Band, is getting erotic for Labor Day, according to co-band leaders Trinidadian Joel Deriggs and St. Lucian Daran Andrew. “This year’s…
Echos from the Plantation’ chronicles Indians in Guyana
BY TANGERINE CLARKE From Caribbean Life “Echos from the Plantation,” a docudrama that chronicles 180 years of East Indians in Guyana, and draws parallel between Indian and African indentured workers who braved inhumane conditions at the hands of slave masters,…
Lt. gov., challenger seek votes at women’s gala
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life Rarely do politicians miss the opportunity to convey their messages to a large audience, especially when seeking votes for election or re-election. So, while most patrons would expect to hear addresses by legislators…
St Vincent Centenarian Mitchie James still going strong
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life Many may assume that an individual who lives to attain the “full and ripe” age of 100 would likely be feeble, bed-ridden and / or has lost most of his / her faculties….
Abuse of state machinery in former top model case
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life A prominent lawyer representing a former top Vincentian model has described as “a colossal misuse and abuse of state machinery” the case in which the ex-model was sent to a psychiatric institution for…
Caribbean pastor battles for his life in Harlem nursing home
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life The Rev. Reginald Euclid Moore, a very vibrant Methodist Church Minister who served in the Chateaubelair-Kingstown Circuit in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 1970s, is now battling for his life in…
Outrage over termination of TPS for Haitians
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life Black Democratic congressional leaders have joined Caribbean legislators in expressing outrage over the Trump administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nearly 60,000 undocumented Haitian nationals residing in the United States….
Vincentian PM: ‘Much to celebrate, despite challenges’
By Nelson A. King from Caribbean Life In extending greetings and congratulations to Vincentians in the Diaspora, on the occasion of the country’s 38th anniversary of political independence, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves said “it is evident that we…