OTTAWA, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will be heading to Nassau, Bahamas, this week, to participate as a special guest at this week’s Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda — Premier David Burt has led tributes to Arthur Hodgson, Bermuda’s first black Rhodes Scholar, who later became an attorney, magistrate and a government minister. He was 82 years old.
Jamaican born Elsie Foster is the new mayor of the Borough of Highland Park, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was elected during a special Borough Council meeting on Tuesday January 24, 2023.
WASHINGTON, DC –The United States has launched a new private sponsorship program that will enable Americans to sponsor refugees arriving through the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) amid heightened concern over plans by the Joe Biden administration to limit migrants.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – CARICOM says it will continue to work with its “long standing partners” as the regional grouping seeks to enhance its economic, social and environmental resilience, and counter inherent vulnerabilities.
NEW YORK, New York – Trinidadian-born jurist, Wavny Toussaint, has become the first woman and person of color to serve as a presiding judge as New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Term, Second Department, for the 2nd, 11th and 13th Judicial Districts made history with a bench comprising all women.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Gaston Browne was Thursday morning sworn in as Prime Minister for an unprecedented third consecutive term and with a reduced majority in Parliament, he said he would have a smaller, more nimble Cabinet this time around.
Washington, DC - Caribbean American Congresswoman, Stacey E. Plaskett, has been appointed Ranking Member on the Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of the federal government.
NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government has ordered an immediate departure of all diplomatic personnel from Haiti or as soon as security conditions permit.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – An estimated 60, 916 people are eligible to cast ballots Wednesday as Antiguans and Barbudans go the polling station to elect a new government for the next five years.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced processes through which nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, and their immediate family members, may request to come to the United States in “a safe and orderly way.”
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government on Monday announced that the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will assist local authorities in the investigation of the alleged multi-million dollar fraud at investment firm, Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL).
NEW YORK, New York – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), is urging New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, to “stop scapegoating” asylum seekers and include immigrant New Yorkers in his Fiscal Year 2024 budget.