PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Former president and military strong man, Desi Bouterse says the 20-year jail sentence “came as no surprise,” as the acting Attorney General, Carmen Rasam, said that his “victims were riddled with a hail of bullets”  as the appeal case continued regarding Bouterse’s complicity in the murder of 15 men on December 8, 1982.

HAVANA, Cuba – The Ministry of Communications says work is now underway to establish a new international fiber optic cable – Arimao, which will bring with it an increase and diversification of the island’s international connectivity.

Washington, DC - The Embassy Of Jamaica In Washington, DC, Will Open A Book Of Condolences Giving The Members Of The Diaspora And The Public At Large An Opportunity To Pay Tribute To The Honorable Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal’s Memory. The Book Of Condolences Will Be Opened At The Embassy, Located At 1520 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20036, From Tuesday, 17th January To Friday, 20th January 2023 From 10:00 A.M. To 3:00 P.M.

FLORIDA – Four men detained in Haiti in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July 2021, are due to appear in a court here on Wednesday after they were transferred to US to face criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in the July 7, killing of the Haitian leader.

DENVER, Colorado - A Haitian national living in Denver, the capital of the state of Colorado, was sentenced earlier this month for having hidden firearms in cars that were being shipped to Haiti.

ARAMARIBO, Suriname – Security has been tightened across Paramaribo in the aftermath of a failed bomb attack on Friday evening on a courthouse . 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government, indicating that it is “very serious about its environment commitments” says it is moving quickly to incorporate new, cleaner technologies into the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fleet, eventually replacing the existing combustion engine units.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has recorded 32 murders during the first 14 days of the new year as compared with 72 for the corresponding period last year, as the government moves to finalize proposals to make the death penalty the automatic punishment for capital murder and 45 years’ imprisonment the minimum sentence for other homicides.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – President of the Senate, Joseph Lambert, has been treated at a hospital in the capital, Port au Prince, as he escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry has met with the high command of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) following last weekend’s ambush by criminal gangs that left three police officers dead, one other missing and another hospitalised.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua– Police are probing the circumstances that lead to the St. John’s City East Constituency Office of the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) being partly destroyed by fire on Monday.

North Miami, FL – Local residents in the City of North Miami and throughout the Haitian