Hookie Weekend
From Entertainment Junkie Hookie Weekend highlights J’ouvert & Mas with interesting 2023 themes Washington, DC (Sonique Solutions) – HookieLife Entertainment proudly presents the highly anticipated J’ouvert and Mas events that have become a fixture during its annual weekend of festivity,…
A dose of J’ouvert & Mas
DC to get a dose of J’ouvert & Mas during Hookie Weekend 2022 Washington, DC (Sonique Solutions) – The metropolitan region known as the DMV (Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia) will feel the energy of Hookie Weekend from June 16th…
Jamaican born, Grammy nominated Maestro Dr. Monty Alexander spotlights on Rastafarian, Thelonious Monk and the West Indian influences of Jazz on new album
Thurs. Sept. 19, 2019: Jamaica’s world-renowned, Grammy-nominated international musician, Dr. Monty Alexander, CD, celebrated his 75th birthday in style this year, releasing his new album that has already grabbed the number 1 spot on US Jazz and NACC radio a mere 2 weeks after…
UK: Immigration Minister apologises for data leak of Windrush victims’ personal details
By Jenn Selby from Rights Info Immigration minister Caroline Nokes has been forced to apologise to victims of the Windrush scandal after 500 private email addresses were accidentally shared, resulting in a breach of data protection regulations. The details were…
Alcoholism and men in the Caribbean
By Shafel McDowall From Searchlight.vc We’ve just gone past Christmas Day and Old Year’s Night, and unfortunately, for many it was the perfect opportunity to become drunk and disorderly. Carnival and Christmas are the only two times a year when…
Whither, West Indies cricket?
BY ALBERT BALDEO From Caribbean Life “WICB needs to take responsibility for the fall for WI cricket.”-Ramnaresh Sarwan, former WI captain “The West Indies Cricket Board is the most unprofessional in the world…Cameron is ‘immature’, ‘arrogant’ and ‘not having West…
Cricket: Lewis slams record-breaking century
By Azad Ali From Caribbean Life West Indies opening Twenty20 batsman Evin Lewis slammed a record-break century against India to win the one-off Twenty20 at Sabina Park, Jamaica last Sunday. In pursuit of 191 for victory, the regional team staged…
Sir Ronald Sanders: Inglorious Empire – Parallels of Indian and West Indian exploitation
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday May 12, 2017 – The yearnings for power and wealth of the stone-cold dead British Empire echoed amongst the older generation throughout the shires of Britain during the BREXIT campaign. Those…
In Memoriam: Derek Walcott and his Caribbean Odyssey
By Ankhi Mukherjee New Delhi From Hindustan Times Black faces sprinkled with continual dew– dew on the speckled croton, dew on the hard leaf of the knotted palm tree, dew on the elephant ears of the dasheen. Through Kurtz’s teeth,…
Peter Binose: Blacks beg to be enslaved by ‘Massa’
By Peter Binose The chain gangs working on the road sides clearing the vegetation and debris standing out in the hot sun every December trying to get a crust for Christmas, something for their children. Chains you ask? What chains?…