WASHINGTON, DC –A 29-year-old Haitian national has been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to commit hostage taking following the armed kidnapping of 16 US citizens in Haiti last year.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands - A bail offer amounting to US$500,000 made by the United States Federal Court to former Premier Andrew Fahie has been placed on hold.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The criminal gang “400 Mawazo” is demanding a US$500,000 ransom for the release of Carlos Guillén Tatis, the agricultural and commercial attaché of the Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Haiti.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Veteran journalist and playwright, Barbara Gloudon died in hospital on Wednesday night, a few days after her 89-year-old husband, Ancile Gloudon passed away.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government says the process of identifying the cause of death of three American visitor over the weekend, will begin “once the remains have been legally identified”.

NEW YORK, New York – Two Caribbean American legislators have expressed dismay over a reported draft United States Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case that gave women their constitutional right to have an abortion.

MIAMI, Florida – A former Haitian senator charged with the July 7th assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise last year, Monday said he trusts the American justice system.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A diplomat from the Dominican Republic who was abducted by a gang here and kept for four days was released on Tuesday, according to the country’s Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Ministry of National Security’s cybersecurity arm has warned that the country is facing a sharp increase in malicious cyber activity over the past two months and police are urging those affected to come forward with reports of these incidents.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says clashes in Haiti between rival gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince, have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in Haiti.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti,CMC – The reputed leader of the infamous 400 Mawozo gang known for its mass abductions has been extradited to the United States to face charges related to the kidnapping of 16 American missionaries in 2021.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – People took to the streets outside the official residence of Governor John Rankin as they protested the recommendations of a report of a Commission of Inquiry (COI) that that examined allegations of corruption and abuse of office by elected and statutory officials