PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – CARICOM leaders ended a two-day regional symposium on violence as a public health issue, declaring a war on guns to combat the illegal trade which they said “provides the weapons that contribute significantly to crime and violence in our region”

WASHINGTON, DC - The United States says it has imposed visa and financial sanctions on the former president of the Haitian Chamber of Deputies, Gary Bodeau, for his alleged involvement in corruption.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Olympian Njisane Phillip will return to court on April 24 after he was granted TT$300,000 (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) bail on firearm and drug related charges.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of State says the Biden administration has resumed talks with Cuban officials on the implementation of the US-Cuba Migration Accords.

OTTAWA, Canada - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Barbados counterpart, Mia Mottley have agreed to “continue to work closely together,” on a number of global issues, including the ongoing political, socio-economic situation in Haiti.

MIAMI, FL – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a businessman and former drug trafficker with dual Haitian and Chilean citizenship pleaded guilty before a US judge in the Southern District of Florida on Friday to three charges involving his role in the assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

FLORIDA – Two Trinidadians were among three men who admitted to their roles in a Caribbean arms trafficking ring.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) says a new UN-backed network aims to drive action to save migrant lives in the Americas, including the Caribbean. 

BOSTON, Massachusetts – A United States court has ordered a former Haitian mayor to pay more than US$15.5 million in compensation after he was accused of murder, attempted killings and torture in a civil lawsuit.

MIAMI, Florida – A Miami court has awarded the Trinidad and Tobago government US$132 million two weeks after a jury here found Trinidadian businessman Steve Ferguson and a former government minister liable for multiple claims arising from the redevelopment of the Piarco International Airport in the oil-rich twin island Republic dating back to more than 20 years ago.

MIAMI, FL – Former attorney general, Faris Al Rawi, has described as a “victory for the people of Trinidad and Tobago” after a jury in the US found Trinidadian businessman Steve Ferguson and a former government minister liable for multiple claims arising from the redevelopment of the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad and Tobago dating back to more than 20 years ago.

WASHINGTON, DC – CARICOM countries recorded “significant human rights issues,” last year,  with Haiti and Jamaica being among regional countries being singled out were there were credible reports that some officials alleged to have committed human rights abuses were not subject to full and swift accountability.