SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says Wanda Vazquez Garced, a former governor of Puerto Rico was arrested last Thursday on bribery charges related to the financing of her 2020 campaign.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has sought to reassure the CARICOM grouping that it is working to find solutions to urgent challenges facing the region.
EUGENE, Oregon – Veteran sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce stormed to her fifth 100 meters World title here Sunday night in record-breaking time, leading a Jamaican sweep of the podium spots in a thrilling final at Hayward Field.
BELMOPAN, Belize –Police have detained 31 “active gang members” as the authorities declared a state of emergency to quell gang warfare in the Lake Independence area that occupies portions of western and southern Belize City.
EUGENE, Oregon – Two-time Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo ended her World Championships jinx here late Friday when she captured gold in the women’s 400 meters at Hayward Field.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States says it is “strongly encouraging” international partners to consider contributing to the United Nations security basket fund, and or increasing support, to combat insecurity in Haiti.
NEW YORK, New York – Twenty US-based Guyanese organizations have written to the United States Attorney General, Merrick B. Garland, urging that an investigation be carried out into what they claim be “acts of transactional repression” by Guyana’s Attorney General Anil Nandlall.
EUGENE, Oregon – Jamaican Shericka Jackson flirted with Flo Jo’s 34-year-old world record as she unleashed a stunning effort here late Thursday to dominate the 200 meters final and win her first-ever World title.
The block on 122nd Street, between Lenox Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, was co-named on June 25 in honor of the late co-founder of the Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society, Inc. (ABPS), Bishop James P. Roberts, Sr.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The importance of the relationship between the United States and Guyana was the focus of a meeting held on Wednesday between President Irfaan Ali and US Vice President Kamala Harris.
NEW YORK, New York – New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, is calling for United States federal resources to assist with arriving asylum seekers in New York City, after New York experienced a sharp increase in asylum seekers from Latin America, the Caribbean and other regions.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of State has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on 28 Cuban officials pursuant to US Presidential Proclamation 5377 that suspends nonimmigrant entry into the United States of officers and employees of the Cuban government and Cuban Communist Party.