SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Springfield, Ohio woman behind an early Facebook post spreading false rumors about Haitian immigrants eating local pets says she has no concrete evidence of such incident, and that she is regretful and fearful about the damaging repercussions, according to NBC news. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is hoping for the establishment of an electoral council to organize elections in the Caribbean country next year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness Monday described as an “historic and important development,”  after the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, announced that she is proposing Jamaica’s Finance Minister Dr. Nigel  Clarke, to the position of Deputy Managing Director, effective October 31, 2024

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Olympic and World Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is set to receive the Keys to the City of Kingston, a prestigious honor granted by the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC).

NEW YORK, New York – The New York Police Department (NYPD) said one man has died after an unidentified gunman opened fire on spectators attending the 57th  Annual West Indian American Day Carnival Parade on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn on Monday.

CHORZOW, Poland – The Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino continued her dominance in the women’s 400 meters, while Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent, Tia Clayton and Shanieka Ricketts all won their respective events at the Silesia Diamond League here on Sunday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia – St Lucia Prime Minister Phillip J. Pierre has declared September 27, “Julien Alfred Day” in honor of her historic performances at the recently concluded Paris Olympics.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has confirmed that on Monday it had seized a plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that apparently had been flown to the Venezuelan capital Caracas after arriving in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in April 2023.

CHICAGO – Vice President Kamala Harris, the Caribbean-American national, Thursday night accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States, saying that she will be president for all Americans.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, has pledged to work towards normalizing relations with neighboring Haiti which shares the island of Hispaniola.

TAROUBA, Trinidad – The Barbados Royals did just enough to win their second consecutive Women’s Caribbean Premier League title when they defeated the Trinbago Knight Riders by four runs in an exciting final at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy here Thursday.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Tuesday announced that it had imposed sanctions against former Haitian president Michel Martelly for trafficking “dangerous drugs” destined for the United States.