Photo caption: Designer Glenroy March (in black) pose with the frontline workers at Brooklyn Hospital after making the donation NEW YORK, NY: Jamaican-born designer Glenroy March and his fashion brand D’Marsh Couture has joined in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, the independent fashion designer presented healthcare workers at Brooklyn Hospital with a donation […]
Photo Credit: Jamaicans.com By Delano George Bell, JAMAICANS.COM Jamaican Matt Peart has been selected by the New York Giants in the third round of the NFL draft. The offensive tackle from the University of Connecticut was the 99th overall pick. It’s a satisfying conclusion to a high school career that he originally thought would include […]
By Michael Hollingsworth I glance over at my clock and it reads 4:50. I’ve spent the majority of my day struggling to breathe as my body and lungs try to recover from almost a month’s long battle with COVID-19. My morning started before dawn. I toss and turn in bed trying to find a comfortable […]
By James A. Parrott and Lina Moe A crisis, either personal or social, can clarify what tasks are important, what choices really matter, and what values are essential. That’s certainly true of the crisis New Yorkers face because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Because on the social and economic front, here’s a paramount challenge we clearly […]
Beautiful empty Long Bay Beach, with small boats, turquoise sea and white sugar sand, just before the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands, Caribbean 11.28.19 (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders COVID-19 is destroying the prosperity that several Caribbean countries anticipated at the beginning of 2020. The growth projections by the Economic Commission […]
By Caribbean360 WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday April 30, 2020 – St. Lucia will benefit from US$10.5 million activated from World Bank projects to support the country’s COVID-19 response. This financing will strengthen the island’s efforts to address the health and economic impacts of the pandemic. “The health and socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 are placing a heavy […]
By Caribbean360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thursday April 30, 2020 – Three members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was killed and two others injured in an explosion at army base this morning. The circumstances of the explosion that occurred around 9 a.m. at the Arms Store Complex at Camp Stephenson in Timehri, East Bank Demerara, are […]
Photo: Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton By Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday April 30, 2020 – Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has confirmed that one of the 46 deportees who returned last Tuesday from the United States has tested positive for COVID-19. He said the Ministry is still awaiting some additional […]
Photo: Barbados’ Prime Minister and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mia Mottley speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. By Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday April 30, 2020 – Barbados’ Prime Minister and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mia Mottley, has described the effects of the coronavirus on this island and the region as “the most […]
A deft musician and beloved mentor, he helped keep steel-pan music — his bridge to the Caribbean — a vibrant part of New York life. He had the coronavirus.
Martin Douglas in an undated photo. He was a leading light of Brooklyn’s steel-pan band scene. Credit: C. Phillips/When Steel Talks By Sam Dolnick, NY Times On summer nights in central Brooklyn, the roar of traffic gives way to the twinkle of steel-pan drums as musicians of all ages rehearse, improvise and compete in sidewalk […]