PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Convicted Jamaican-born King’s Counsel, Vincent Nelson, is seeking TT$96 million in his civil claim for compensation for an alleged breach of an indemnity agreement to protect him from prosecution.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has become the first country in the Caribbean to launch the first electric United Nations sustainable development goals (SDG)-branded bus, allowing citizens to learn more about the UN initiative.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is reported to have the highest road fatality rate for the region as concerns continue about the persistently high rates of road traffic deaths on the island’s roads.

NEW YORK, New York –The Jamaican-American Attorney for the Southern District of New York,  Damian Williams and Michael Alfonso, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Newark Field Office of the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), announced the unsealing of a complaint charging Bronx, New York-based immigration attorney Kofi Amankwaa and his son, Kofi Amankwaa, Jr., with carrying out a “large-scale” immigration fraud scheme on Caribbean and other migrants. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –  Haiti has been listed one of the countries with the most overcrowded prisons in the world.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday paid final respects to 90-year-old Basdeo Panday, the country’s fifth prime minister, who died in the United States on January 1, where he had been hospitalized for treatment of an undisclosed illness.

Mrs. Marcia Elaine 'Mer' Rigg-Baker, former co-founder and principal of ABI Startime and the Miss Jamaica Florida Pageant, peacefully passed on Monday, January 15, 2024, after a period of ill-health. A native of Jamaica, Mrs. Rigg-Baker was born in Green Island, Hanover, on September 5, 1950.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Child Protection  and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the Ministry of Education, have   decided to delicense the Sunbeam Children’s Home, located in the central parish of St. Catherine, following reports of child abuse at the facility.

ROSEAU, Dominica – More than a month after she died of an apparent heart failure in the United States, the Dominica government Monday announced that the former director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, will be given an official funeral on Wednesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A study conducted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has found that the average commuter in Trinidad and Tobago spends an average of one month annually in traffic delays.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Police Commissioner Chester Williams has confirmed that a prominent attorney and member of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) is assisting police investigations following allegations made by two women

MIAMI, FL – The trial date for Former Premier Andrew Fahie, who is charged with several counts of drug smuggling, money laundering and racketeering, will not begin on January 8 as originally scheduled as late motions by prosecutors forced Judge Kathleen Williams to schedule a hearing about those motions on the date the trial was expected to begin.