PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten – The Princess Juliana International Airport Operating Company (PJIAE) on  Sunday confirmed that all passengers were safely evacuated after a WestJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft experienced a landing gear collapse while landing on Sunday afternoon, forcing the airport to temporarily shut down operations.

NEW YORK, New York – Despite a very heavy police presence, the New York Police Department (NYPD) reported late Monday that at least six people were shot along the massive West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade route on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway, bringing a sad end to an otherwise grand extravaganza in picture-perfect weather.

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean-American legislators have expressed outrage and sadness over a mass shooting at a Caribbean restaurant in the Caribbean community in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn over the last weekend.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – Governor Daniel Pruce has urged that the upcoming anti-crime summit in the territory must produce more than speeches, calling for “real and practical change” to strengthen security across the islands.

The first steps to erect a museum exhibiting Jamaican culture and history in Atlanta, Georgia were taken on August 24 at the APAP Media Group Studios in that city.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The St. Kitts and Nevis government Friday said it is in the final stages of negotiations for the repurposing of the historic Fort Thomas Hotel property at Fortlands, Basseterre, into a world-class Museum of Caribbean History.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Persons with disabilities now have easier access to government services and learning materials through a mobile application developed with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Jamaica.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Friday said that it had detained two law enforcement officials as it continues to make significant inroads in dismantling criminal networks.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – A radio disc jockey was shot and killed late Friday near the Boom FM radio station, where  he worked. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – At least 700 frontline workers across Jamaica’s criminal justice system are to be trained in a nationwide workshop series targeting a cultural shift in their service delivery to vulnerable and disadvantaged persons.

PORT-AU- PRINCE, Haiti – The leader of one of the most notorious gangs in Haiti, Jimmy Chérizier, says he is prepared to cooperate with the Federal  Bureau of Investigation (FBI) even after American law officials described him as a foreign terrorist in May this year.

LONDON, UK – Guyana is the lone Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country named in 15 new countries under the United Kingdom’s “deport now, appeal later” scheme as the European country seeks to send foreigners who commit crimes in the UK back to their home countries before they can appeal against the decision.