MIAMI, FL – A weakening Hurricane Erin is moving closer towards Bermuda as weather officials are keeping an eye on the two weather patterns that could affect the region over the next seven days.
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MIAMI, FL – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida says Jamaican-American rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced on Friday to 42 months in federal prison by US District Judge David S. Leibowitz in connection with a US$1 million fraud scheme.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Donald Trump administration has announced an increase of up to US$50 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for violating US narcotics laws.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – On Sunday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding, on Sunday led national tributes, in memory of Don Wehby, former CEO of GraceKennedy Limited.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Government of Grenada says it has taken note of the imposition of visa restrictions on government officials by the US government.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The United States has denied seeking to determine the outcome of the September 1 general and regional elections even as it maintained its position regarding the candidacy of the political leader of the We Invest Party (WIN) party Azruddin Mohamed.
NEW YORK, New York – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York, says that new video shows inhumane conditions inside a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Center at 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan.
NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General, Letitia James, says a Florida resident has been arrested and indicted for allegedly operating a three-year securities fraud scheme that targeted the Haitian community in New York, Florida and Georgia.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The director of the General Directorate of Immigration, Luis Rafael Lee Ballester, has called on undocumented Haitians remaining in here to leave the country voluntarily because “immigration interdictions will increase.”
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Monday said that the name of the former prime minister Dr. Keith Rowley had not been placed on an INTERPOL Watch List and that it remains “committed to protecting the rights and dignity of all citizens, and will continue to provide clear, factual updates as the matter develops”.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration in the United States will make a proposal to the United Nations Secuirty Council to send a security mission to Haiti with the primary objective to combat the criminal Organization's that now controls 80 percent of the county.
On behalf of the Consulate General of Jamaica, Miami, I extend greetings to my Diaspora family as we give thanks and celebrate another year – our 63rd Anniversary of Independence as a sovereign nation. “In everything we give thanks for this is the will of the Lord…”. As a nation, we are grateful for the many achievements and strides Jamaica has made, despite the many global challenges. We remain resilient and united as we continue to work together for the good of our nationals across the Diaspora and just as importantly, for the benefit of our homeland, Jamaica, land we love. As our theme this year exemplifies, we continue to “BE PROUD, BE BOLD. IN THE BLACK GREEN AND GOLD”.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The new United States Ambassador to Haiti, Henry Wooster, says his priority is to address the security situation in Haiti where criminal gangs have been seeking to overthrow the government.
