UNITED NATIONS – Sixty years after it became a member of the United Nations, Barbados on Thursday called for a reform of the UN Security Council with particular emphasis on the use of the veto power and its overall membership.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government says it is awaiting the “next steps” from the London-based Privy Council after Kingston announced that Britain’s King Charles had referred its landmark slavery reparation petition to the country’s highest and final court.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, Friday expressed concern that some politicians linked to criminal gangs were being allowed to contest the presidential and legislative elections in Haiti in December this year.
NEW YORK, New York – As the Trump administration in the United States escalates its immigration crackdown, the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), in partnership with Times Square Arts and Photoville, has launched its third annual New York Proud campaign celebrating the contributions of immigrant New Yorkers.
NEW YORK, New York – Several immigrant advocacy groups in New York have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule that expands the circumstances in which public benefits can be considered when determining whether some immigrants qualify for lawful permanent resident status.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Trinidadian-born academic Carole Boyce-Davies has been appointed to a newly endowed chair in Caribbean Studies at Howard University, further recognising her contribution to the study of the Caribbean and African diaspora.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia government Monday announced that the first batch of persons being transferred to the island under the third country nationals programme established through its bilateral agreement with the United States will arrive here later this week.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica's government has said that it is still in negotiations with the United States regarding migrants from third countries being deported to the island.
NEW YORK, New York – Three people were injured in separate shootings near Monday’s West Indian American Day Carnival Parade in Brooklyn, marring an otherwise vibrant celebration of Caribbean culture.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A former opposition legislator is throwing his support behind Guyana’s Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, as the Caribbean’s candidate for the position of Secretary General of the United Nations.
NEW YORK, New York – Immigration advocates have condemned the Donald Trump administration’s proposal excluding non-citizens from Census 2030, setting up a 14th Amendment challenge.
A 20-year-old Haitian college student in Ohio has died in an apparent suicide weeks after U.S. immigration authorities fitted him with a GPS ankle monitor, a measure his family says left the young man feeling humiliated and fearful about his future in the United States.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed was on Wednesday released on GUY$100,000 station bail after a “go-fast” vessel was intercepted on Tuesday night with several people on board.
