ST.JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has lauded the achievements of two citizens – Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers who embarked on a journey into space on Thursday onboard Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic.

ROCHESTER New York - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks, has told Jamaicans in New York, that as Jamaica celebrates 61 years as an independent nation, we also celebrate 61 years of strong diplomatic relations with the United States.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Supreme Court has agreed to entertain a public hearing of the application to shut down the Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL) firm in the interest of investors.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The lawyer representing a 15-year-old student charged with several counts of murder arising from the deadly May 22 fire that killed 19 students at a dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School, 100 miles south-west of the capital, is calling for the charges to be withdrawn.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada - Grenada police Wednesday said it had no information linking the death of a man here as being racist, homophobic and a senseless act of violence as being claimed on social media.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Thursday said he remains confident that the police will solve the mass shootings in the capital on Wednesday night that left five people dead, including a 13-year-old boy.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority has announced that it will host two public watch parties on Thursday August 10, as the mother-daughter duo of Keisha Schahaff and Anastasia Mayers, lift off into space aboard the Galactic 02 space flight from Spaceport America, New Mexico.

NEW YORK, New York – President of the Pan Trinbago, Beverly Ramsey Moore has described as a “monumental occasion” the passage of a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declaring August 11 as World Steelpan Day.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) says it has taken steps to provide further security measures after confirming that its information technology (IT) network had been attacked by “cyber criminals”

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has recorded an 11.8 percent decrease in murders during the period January 1 to July 29 this year, as compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

Washington, DC - Plans are in high gear for the staging of Jamaica’s independence celebrations, in a number of states including Washington DC Metropolitan Area, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and New York, are set to celebrate Jamaica’s 61st anniversary of independence with a range of activities over several days.

BRUSSELS – The European union says it is providing emergency funding of Euro 10 million (One Euro=US$1.29 cents) in response to the unprecedented increase in humanitarian needs in Haiti.