PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Home Affairs Minister, Bronto Somohardjo, says Suriname has created history by making a donation of more than US$46,000 to Palestine acknowledging that transferring the funds to “Gaza is very difficult”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has confirmed that the head of the Special Branch and acting Deputy Commissioner, Calvin Brutus, has been sent on leave to allow a probe into alleged financial impropriety.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Kenneth Bryan, has issued a strong call to all Caribbean people to continue exercising vigilance during this hurricane season by preparing for storms, while also being ready to respond and recover swiftly.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Farmers could start receiving assistance in another two weeks as the Ministry of Agriculture moves quickly to complete damage assessments in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean nationals residing in New York have stepped up relief efforts to help ease the pain caused by Hurricane Beryl when it passed through the Caribbean last week, leaving a trail of death and destruction in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and Jamaica.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana Tuesday began loading the first of several flights containing relief supplies to Grenada following the battering the country took from the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Monday that left at least three people dead and severe damage and destruction on the sister isle of Carriacou

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness Tuesday warned that Jamaica has a deeper problem of organized violence in the society and that the solution does not lie solely with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says government says it has agreed to relocate in the first instance, three categories of vulnerable people to mainland Grenada as the Grenadine Islet of Carriacou continues to adjust following the passage of Hurricane Beryl.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, has honored three Caribbean nationals during a ceremony on Sunday marking the closure of Caribbean-American Heritage Month.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will be accelerating its Hurricane Beryl response in the coming days.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) says it is  conducting rapid damage and needs assessments in affected parishes to inform the authorities on the assistance to be provided in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says Joly Germine, described as the “King” of a violent Haitian gang, has been sentenced to 420 months in prison for his role in a gunrunning conspiracy that smuggled firearms to Haiti in violation of US export laws.