NEW YORK, New York – A Jamaican national has been arraigned on charges of first-degree murder and robbery for killing a Puerto Rican-born employee at a Burger King restaurant in East Harlem in January. 

BELMOPAN, Belize –Police Commissioner, Chester Williams, has confirmed that spikes had been laid across the roads to prevent law enforcement officials intercepting at least two planes carrying illegal drugs into Belize this week.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that from Friday, the curfew will begin one hour later and there will be changes to the maximum number of people allowed in church.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Twenty Jamaican students arrived safely at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Wednesday evening from Ukraine, after the government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, arranged their journey home from war-torn Ukraine.

PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti – Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry has led the tributes to renowned American doctor and philanthropist, Paul Farmer,  the co-founder of the non-government organization, “Partners in Health – Zanmi lasante,” who died in Rwanda on Monday night. He was 62 years old.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica Tuesday said it would be signing the comprehensive nuclear test treaty ban (CTBT).

SAN PEDRO, Belize – Member countries of the Barbados Regional Security System (RSS) have agreed to sign a protocol to the treaty that established the RSS to allow Guyana membership, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has said.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –Senate President, Joseph Lambert, has called for an independent investigation into the circumstances that led to police officers using teargas to break up a demonstration last week by textile workers who had been seeking an increase in wages.

NEW YORK, New York - The Jamaican-American United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, says that William Vazquez-Baez, a former member of the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), has been sentenced by US District Judge Jesse M. Furman to 30 years in prison. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says the Government of Israel, through its Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the National Cyber Directorate (INCD), has joined the IDB to establish a new cybersecurity initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Hait – Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry says he will support sending suspects held in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise to the United States for trial by American law enforcement agencies.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Government of Guyana, through the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), has begun the installation process of 1,000 free internet access hubs across five regions.