ROSEAU, Dominica – The ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) has been returned to power in Tuesday’s general election, even as two independent candidates won constituencies in the 21-seat Parliament following a boycott by the main opposition political parties.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has elected two Caribbean American Congressional Representatives to top positions for the 118th US Congress.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Wednesday said children account for roughly 40 percent of the confirmed cholera cases in Haiti, as it appealed for US$27.5 million to save more lives from the disease.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government has conveyed its “concerns” to the United States regarding Washington’s latest travel advisory for the country.
UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, says the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing.
SANTO DOMINIGO, Dominican Republic –The Dominican Republic has accused the United States government of providing “no evidence” to back its claim that it is engaged in “a systematic pattern of violations of the rights of migrants” especially those from the neighboring country of Haiti.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for recipient citizens of six countries including Haiti.
NEW YORK, New York – The chair of the Brooklyn, New York Democratic Party, Rodnyese Bichotte Hermelyn, is throwing her support “wholeheartedly” behind Congressman Hakeem Jeffries succeeding Nancy Pelosi as the party’s House of Representatives Democratic Leader.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Andrew Holness led administration is taking measures to place a dent in the network of criminal organizations based mainly in the United States.
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Prime Minister Philip Davis has described as heartbreaking, images of the impact of Hurricane Nicole and promised that assessing the damage will be a priority for him on his return from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt.
NEW YORK, New York – The Sunrise, Florida-based Issa Trust Foundation has raised US$417,000 at its first major fundraiser in the United States to construct the first pediatric adolescent health center in the north coast resort town of Ocho Rios in Jamaica.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A defiant Austin ‘Jack’ Warner said Thursday he would continue to fight his extradition to the United States to answer corruption charges, even after London’s Privy Council ruled that the extradition proceedings here are not unlawful.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States on Monday announced reward offers of up to three million US dollars for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of three Haitian gang leaders.