A number of members of Guyana’s State security services were Friday unable to vote because their names were not on the voters’ list where they were stationed, but the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said provisions would be made for them ...
Town Clerk Royston King was Friday upbraided for merely having verbal agreements with a number of private contracting companies instead of written contracts for multi-million dollar works Among them is a deal with XL Engineering or GYD$150 million on the basis ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon The Coalition to Preserve Reggae is hosting its Reggae Culture Salute at Milk River on Nov. 3. The annual family-friendly event returns after a two-year hiatus to honor the new and legendary ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Winnie McCroy Born in Flatbush to parents of Trinidadian origin, Shelly Worrell channeled her desire to connect with her Caribbean community by creating CaribBeing. “It was founded in direct response to the deficit of ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King Vincentian Jackson “Jackie” Adolphus Farrell says he lives by the credo that “no man is an island.” Therefore, he contends that he is “humbled and appreciative to everyone who has had ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King Jamaican Irwine G. Clare, Sr., OD, is the co-founder and managing director of the Queens-based Caribbean Immigrant Services, Inc. Irwine says it was founded in 1995 with the ultimate goal of ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Winnie McCroy While still living in Jamaica, talented playwright, actor and producer David Heron found success with his play “Ecstasy,” which toured three continents. In 2005, at the urging of his agent, he moved ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Winnie McCroy The women behind the steelpan band Blenman Steel Sound have seen it before: they show up at a block party, and see the young men standing with skeptical smirks on their faces. ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Winnie McCroy Andrew Clarke, president of Clarke’s Tool Rental, knows hard work makes a business successful. So when he relocated to New York City from Jamaica in 1992, he decided to be the boss. ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon It’s now or never. A Queens-based immigrant advocacy group is mobilizing the borough’s immigrant communities to rally and spread the word about the forthcoming public commentary regarding the introduction of a citizenship ...