PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad –Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has called for an “overall understanding of the African condition” urging nationals to go to beyond the celebrations of Emancipation Day to reflect on the various issues confronting Trinidad and Tobago.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The waiting period for a non-national to be granted Belongership status on this British Overseas territory, will be cut in half.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) Saturday said it is deeply concerned by worsening violence in and around the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and rising abuse at the hands of heavily armed gangs, against vulnerable local communities.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness is encouraging Jamaicans to reflect on what has been gained since the country earned its freedom,  In his Emancipation Day message for 2022, Holness said that although Jamaica is experiencing tremendous hardship at this time, the country has also made outstanding progress. That progress he expressed was directly linked to the struggles the nation has undergone.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua –Nicaragua has rejected a suggestion by St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves that the United States “reach out in friendship” to the Central American nation.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett says there is urgent need to close the emissions gap to maintain global warming to well below 1.5⁰C, and to enhance global advocacy for greater access to climate financing to help Small Island and Low-lying Coastal Developing States (SIDS).

WASHINGTON, DC - Jamaicans throughout the United States, including in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, California, Seattle, Illinois and New York, are set to celebrate “Jamaica 60” with a range of activities beginning in July.

NEW YORK, New York –Jamaica’s Opposition Leader, Mark Golding, wants Caribbean nationals to do more to leverage the “vast potential that resides in the experience, qualifications and other capacities of Caribbean Diaspora members.

GENEVA, Switzerland– Recent reductions in fertility have led to a “demographic dividend” in Latin America and the Caribbean as the latest United Nations projections suggest that the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050, before reaching a peak of around 10.4 billion people during the 2080s.

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations humanitarian agencies have started delivering aid directly to people in Haiti following a recent spike in violence between rival gangs that has fueled a worsening crisis across the capital, Port-au-Prince.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Dominica National Commission for UNESCO has launched the “Strengthening capacities at the national and local levels for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Dominica’ project here.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Surging and deadly gang violence in the Haitian capital, Port au Prince, has contributed to runaway food insecurity for well over one million people there, the UN World Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday.