FLORIDA – St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew Sunday confirmed that he had suffered a stroke late last month but that he is recovering well and that he has since been discharged from a hospital here.

NEW YORK, New York – A 33-year-old Trinidadian national and lawful permanent United States resident has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and admitted to kidnapping six additional women.

NEW YORK, New York – The family of Vincentian-born Granville Leonard Straker, pioneering Caribbean music producer, entrepreneur and founder of the Brooklyn, New York-headquartered, legendary Straker’s Records, died on Thursday and the age of 86.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says increased electricity demand, particularly during peak hours, is placing increased pressure on the national distribution network and contributing to recent power outages.

MIAMI, FL – Five people, including two pilots, were taken to hospital after an Amazon cargo plane that departed Puerto Rico crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) is mourning veteran broadcaster and journalist Dervan Malcolm, who died Thursday following a period of illness.

LONDON, UK – Jamaica has officially filed an historic reparations petition to Britain’s King Charles with Kingston indicating that it anticipates that the petition will be referred to the Privy Council,  Jamaica’s  highest and final court.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The St. Catherine North Police Division has recorded its first murder-free calendar month in 29 months as Jamaica recorded 357 murders for the period January 1 to August 29 this year as compared with the same period last year.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Government of St. Lucia has guaranteed a US$20 million (EC$54 million) financing facility between the St. Lucia Development Bank (SLDB) and Taiwan Eximbank, in what Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has described as the largest investment in housing in the country’s history.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Government has signed J$1.05 billion (US$6.6 million) in contracts to begin construction of 268 semi-permanent housing units for families severely affected by Hurricane Melissa.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew has arrived at an undisclosed medical institution overseas “without incident and is comfortably settled at the medical facility”, according to a government statement issued here.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government on Tuesday said it is aware of the concerns of members of the public regarding the suspension of the ferry service between Guyana and Suriname.