UNITED NATIONS – President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, says global unity and solidarity are needed in the face of myriad crises that threaten to reverse decades of development gains and resign millions to poverty.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr. Jarbas Barbosa says that with nearly 100,000 deaths by suicide each year in the Americas, it is a “significant public health concern” for the region.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Outgoing United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch says the Biden administration is concerned about what she says is China’s expanding financial footprint in Guyana and the wider Caribbean.

WASHINGTON, DC –United States President Joseph Biden has named several Caribbean countries among major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries for Fiscal Year 2024. 

NEW YORK, New York – New York Governor Kathy Hochul says the new City University of New York (CUNY) has unveiled the Harry Belafonte Scholarship to honor the legacy of the Caribbean performer, civil rights activist and world-renowned musician, who passed away earlier this year.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Governor Kathy Hochul has extended an executive order that provides the state with greater flexibility to procure the resources necessary for municipalities to support asylum seekers and provide them with humanitarian aid.

HOUSTON, Texas – A United States federal district judge in Texas has dismissed the latest action by the Joe Biden administration to rescue DACA, a program that has saved hundreds of thousands of undocumented young adults from deportation.

UNITED NATIONS - A new session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) began in New York on Tuesday with both the outgoing and incoming leaders of the world body underscoring the importance of multilateral cooperation.

WASHINGTON, DC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is calling for dialog between the United States and the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) on what he describes as  “a range of matters touching and concerning the political interests of both”.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City, Mayor Eric Adams, has announced several steps to stabilize the city’s finances amid the deepening migrant crisis.

NEW YORK, New York – Over three million spectators and thousands of masqueraders and revelers are expected to converge on Monday, in picture-perfect weather, on one of Brooklyn’s major thoroughfares, Eastern Parkway,  for the annual West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has posthumously awarded a “Key to the City of New York” to legendary Caribbean performer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte for his decades of entertainment in music, film, theater and television.