PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - UNICEF says it has received reports that at least two children were fatally shot while fleeing violence in areas controlled by armed groups in downtown Port-au-Prince over the past weekend.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) is calling for “an immediate reversal “ of the decision of a high court judge to bar the media and members of the public from the proceedings in the high profile murder case involving a former opposition legislator.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A study conducted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has found that the average commuter in Trinidad and Tobago spends an average of one month annually in traffic delays.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Dr Terrance Drew, got married to a diplomat and attorney from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Diani Prince in Barbados on Saturday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Convicted Jamaican-born King’s Counsel, Vincent Nelson, is seeking TT$96 million in his civil claim for compensation for an alleged breach of an indemnity agreement to protect him from prosecution.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has become the first country in the Caribbean to launch the first electric United Nations sustainable development goals (SDG)-branded bus, allowing citizens to learn more about the UN initiative.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Veteran broadcaster Alan Magnus, who spent more than four decades at the RJR Communications Group has died.

NEW YORK, New York –The Jamaican-American Attorney for the Southern District of New York,  Damian Williams and Michael Alfonso, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Newark Field Office of the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), announced the unsealing of a complaint charging Bronx, New York-based immigration attorney Kofi Amankwaa and his son, Kofi Amankwaa, Jr., with carrying out a “large-scale” immigration fraud scheme on Caribbean and other migrants. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –  Haiti has been listed one of the countries with the most overcrowded prisons in the world.

UNITED NATIONS – A new United Nations human rights report has revealed a spike in violence in Haiti.

Mrs. Marcia Elaine 'Mer' Rigg-Baker, former co-founder and principal of ABI Startime and the Miss Jamaica Florida Pageant, peacefully passed on Monday, January 15, 2024, after a period of ill-health. A native of Jamaica, Mrs. Rigg-Baker was born in Green Island, Hanover, on September 5, 1950.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Child Protection  and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the Ministry of Education, have   decided to delicense the Sunbeam Children’s Home, located in the central parish of St. Catherine, following reports of child abuse at the facility.