PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of First Instance of Croix-des-Bouquets, is reported to have summoned the pastor of a church that organized a protest march in Canaan last Saturday that left at least seven people dead and several others injured or kidnapped after gunmen fired upon them.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbadians are being warned to be on alert for deadly synthetic cannabinoids (SCs)  that have been discovered on the island.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has sent a message to those involved in the firebombing 11 houses in St Catherine, southeast of here, over the last weekend.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The former speaker of the Dominica parliament, Alix Boyd Knights, was found dead at her home in Trafalgar, northeast of here on Tuesday.

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks, has expressed deep gratitude to the Jamaican diaspora, whose ceaseless contributions in a number of areas have enhanced our nation's progress.

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.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former calypsonian and gospel signer Denise Plummer died on Sunday following a fight with cancer.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Dominican authorities are pursuing a criminal case against a plastics company based on evidence found during an investigation into a powerful explosion earlier this week that killed at least 31 people.

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at a dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School, 100 miles south-west of the capital, is calling for the charges to be withdrawn.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbadians are being warned to be on alert for deadly synthetic cannabinoids (SCs)  that have been discovered on the island.

Washington, DC - The Atlanta Jamaica Association (AJA) has been charged to implement a youth travel and mentorship programme; Upliftment, Learning, and Intervention through Foreign Travel (UPLIFT). This program is aimed at exposing young Jamaican boys from age 7 to 18, by hosting them and their parents with families in the United States who will expose them to different experiences over a two-to-three-week period.

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.