KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Seismic activity at the La Soufriere volcano remains low and in the last 24 hours only a few long-period, hybrid and volcano-tectonic earthquakes have been recorded and there was no further tremor.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – The U.S. Virgin Islands Office of the Governor and the Department of Tourism are working with residents to collect supplies and raise funds for the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who have been devastated by the eruptions of La Soufrière volcano.  

PORT AU Prince, Haiti,– The United States says it is looking forward to working with the new Prime Minister of Haiti, Claude Joseph, who has pledged to continue efforts for the staging of referendum and the organization of new elections in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 211 helpline for use by children at risk of abuse or persons who wish to make a report will be launched next month, Minister of Education, Youth and Information Fayval Williams said Wednesday.

New York, NY,– On Wednesday morning, Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers arrested Broward County Public Schools superintendent Robert Runcie. Runcie was charged with perjury, being accused of lying under oath in testimony he gave to a grand jury between March 31st and April 1st. 

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica,– Caribbean agriculture ministers have discussed new challenges facing the sector as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

NEW YORK, NY– A former Barbados government minister, Donville Innis, was sentenced to two years in jail on Tuesday after he was found guilty by a federal jury in January last year for his role in a scheme to launder bribes paid to him by executives of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL).

KINGSTON, Jamaica,– Prime Minister Andrew Holness has led tributes to the veteran journalist and broadcaster, Michael Sharpe, who died on Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 65. The cause of death has not been disclosed.

AccuWeather Global Weather Center –   More huge explosions rocked the island of St. Vincent Monday and Tuesday mornings as the La Soufrière volcano kept erupting.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidadian-born poet, Desiree Seebaran, Saturday won the 2021 Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize (JAAWP), defeating entrants from seven other Caribbean countries for the region’s only prize for emerging writers.

WASHINGTON, DC, - Renowned theologian, and former pastor of the East Queen Street Baptist Church, The Rev. Dr. Horace Orlando Russell, was eulogised Saturday, April 17, 2021, at a stirring service of thanksgiving for his life at DeBaptiste Funeral home auditorium at the town of Bryan Mawr, near Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, USA.  He had died April 5, aged 91.

“Enduring Advocacy for a Better Jamaica,” the latest book authored by renowned Jamaican pastor, Rev. Dr. Devon Dick, is set for its US launch on Thursday, April 15, during a virtual program to be hosted by the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, DC.