WASHINGTON, DC - Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States and Permanent representative to the Organization of American Her Excellency Audrey Marks, on Monday joined the OAS in paying tribute to Jamaica's First National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, on the occasion of the 7th Inter-American Week for People of African Descent.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia government says it will host a two-day regional symposium on cannabis that could lead to the establishment of a Caribbean Cannabis Forum.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s most publicized gang leader has warned of a genocide should Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry be allowed to come back to power in Haiti even as he remains stranded in Puerto Rico.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Presidents of Guyana and Suriname have instructed their respective officials to enter the next phase of the construction of a bridge over the Corentijn/Corentyne River linking the two countries.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s international music star, Wyclef Jean, has called on national and international actors to allow rebel gunmen to be part of negotiations aimed at finding a solution to the Caribbean country’s unprecedented political gridlock.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – A magistrate’s court Monday ordered that three Grenadian fugitives, who are suspected of murdering two United States sailors after escaping from a police station in Grenada be repatriated to their homeland.

PARAMARIBO, Surinam – The Court of Justice has rejected an appeal by ex-president Desi Bouterse and his four co-convicts that sought to suspend their lengthy jail terms after they had been convicted of murder.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada - Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell on Tuesday confirmed that disciplinary action had been taken against four police officers implicated in the escape of three men, who have subsequently been charged with murder.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) says it will create a blockade in the southern Bahamas amid reports that a significant number of inmates had escaped from two prisons in Haiti last weekend.

MIAMI, FL – The Florida Division of Emergency Management has launched a portal to collect information from Floridians and other Americans who may be trapped in Haiti by gang violence and rapidly escalating instability, endangering US citizens there.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The bodies of four people, including two children were discovered in a  house that had been firebombed during the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Hundreds of prisoners  escaped from Haiti’s National Penitentiary here, after fighting broke out on Saturday.