MIAMI-DADE – Miami-Dade County Commission Chairwoman Audrey M. Edmonson hosted her annual Haitian Heritage Month celebration on May 9 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center Marketplace.

NEW YORK – A judge here has sentenced a 22-year-old Jamaican American to life imprisonment without parole after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting and murdering a woman in Queens three years ago.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – An investigating judge has cleared President Jovenel Moise of any involvement in a money laundering case the authorities have been probing for the past two years.

MIAMI-DADE – Miami-Dade County Commission Chairwoman Audrey M. Edmonson presented a proclamation to the “Hunger Nine” at the May 7 County Commission meeting in recognition of their recent hunger strike to raise awareness about gun violence.

Professor Neville Ying, Chair of the Jamaica Diaspora Conference Programme and Content Sub-Committee and Pro Chancellor of The Mico University, said that the theme of this year’s conference is in keeping with Jamaica Vision 2030 goals and will also focus on: People, Partnership and Prosperity.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – President Jovenel Moise last month named Jean Michel Lapin, once a public administration courier, Haiti’s new prime minister.

Deerfield Beach, Fla.  –The 27th annual African-American Achievers awards ceremony gifted $40,000 to charitable organizations while honoring five remarkable individuals for their contributions to the South Florida community. The event was sponsored by JM Family Enterprises, Southeast Toyota Distributors and JM Lexus.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eight Caribbean community (CARICOM) countries have written to the chair of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) protesting the decision of the council to accept, by simple majority, the appointment of Gustavo Tarre as the new permanent representative of Venezuela to the hemispheric body.

An exhibition reviewing the history of Haiti’s road to freedom, from slavery to Independence in 1804, through photographs, graphics and text, will open May 4 at the Haitian Heritage Museum in Miami, Florida.

NEW YORK – A Guyanese national, who escaped to his country after allegedly killing another man in the United States, was arraigned late last month in Queens Criminal Court in New York.

T&T national arrested in U.S. terror plot A Trinidadian national was last month arrested by federal authorities in the United States for allegedly plotting to kill Americans using a truck. Rondell Henry was apprehended in Maryland.

MIAMI  —Now in its tenth season, the award-winning, inclusive G.E.M. (Girls Empowerment and Mentoring) Summer Arts Camp provides girls, ages 6-15, with an oasis of visual and performing arts and self-enrichment experiences, through classes and workshops in dance, musical theatre, music/choral, painting, journalism, photography/videography, women’s history, community service and leadership development. No experience is necessary.