PARIS, France – Roje Stona of Jamaica created one of the biggest upsets at the Paris Olympics when he stunned the field to win gold in the men’s discus in a new Olympic record.
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PARIS, France – Julien Alfred’s fairytale Olympic debut continued when she produced a gutsy run to grab silver in the women’s 200 meters at the Stade de Paris on Tuesday evening.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The Director of Passports, Lorenzo David Ramírez Uribe, says the bidding process for the new electronic or biometric passport for the Dominican Republic is currently underway.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has announced a commitment of up to US$30 million towards a new initiative that will accelerate international development projects in countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and sustain the positive effects they deliver.
PARIS, France – St Lucia’s track queen, Julien Alfred always believed she would overcome the odds and capture gold in the women’s 100 meters at the Paris Olympics.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has urged the media in Trinidad and Tobago against being “chained up …to write misinformation” as he denied reports that former employees of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) were filing lawsuits.
WASHINGTON, DC – Barbados is the lone Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country attending this week’s Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (Americas Partnership) foreign affairs track Ministerial meeting, the United States Department of State has confirmed.
PARIS, France – Jamaican sprint star Shericka Jackson said protecting her body was one of the reasons behind opting out of the marquee women’s 100 meters at the Paris Olympics, stressing she was “at peace” with the decision.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Monday announced a US$60 million humanitarian aid package to support Haitian people and alleviate the suffering caused by gang violence and the multidimensional crisis.
WASHINGTON, DC – United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett has welcomed the announcement by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in providing US$4.5 million of immediate humanitarian assistance to Caribbean countries impacted by Hurricane Beryl.
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada – The head of the Transitional President Council (TPC), in Haiti, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Tuesday said that he expects presidential and legislative elections to be held in the country by the end of 2025.
NEW YORK, New York – The Haitian-American chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, has welcomed the decision of President Joseph Biden to withdraw from the presidential elections in November and endorse his Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate.
NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas Wednesday conferred the Order of National Hero to a former slave as the country celebrated its 51st anniversary of political independence from Britain.
