NEW YORK – United States law enforcement can no longer arrest Caribbean and other immigrants at New York’s courthouses without proper permission.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean community (CARICOM) countries have been urged to respond “positively” to a United States initiative that would allow regional countries to access funding from international financial institutions as they recover from the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

NEW YORK – Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke is leading a new congressional initiative aimed at tackling racial disparities in the United States.

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Businessman Lee Rizzuto Jr. has taken up his post as the new United States consul general to Bermuda without fanfare.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has re-introduced legislation in the United States House of Representatives calling for the re-naming of military bases and other property named after Confederate leaders.

Retired Army General Colin Powell, son of Jamaican parents who he said came to the United States on “banana boats,” has stepped into the political spotlight, leveling scathing criticism at Donald Trump, calling the U.S. president a liar and chastising him for anti-immigration policies.

The eligibility of a Jamaican recently appointed judge on the Florida Supreme Court is being challenged.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Emmanuel “Toto” Constant, the former paramilitary leader of the Revolutionary Front Armed for the Progress of Haiti, was arrested on his arrival here June 23 from the United States on murder and torture charges dating back to the 1990s.

Jamaican-born Marlon Hill, a prominent attorney in Miami-Dade County, is running for commissioner in Miami’s District 9.

Jamaicans in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) comprising the Washington DC metropolitan area will celebrate the 58th anniversary of Independence of their native Jamaica with a historic, entirely livestreamed Thanksgiving service this year, on Sunday, August 2, 2020 beginning at 11:00 a.m.

Undocumented Caribbean nationals in the United States, who are seeking asylum in the country, are now more vulnerable to speedy deportation following a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court last month.

Massachusetts/CMM…The Authentic Caribbean Foundation (ACF) presented part 2 of its Caribbean Covid-19 Update discussion forum: Reopening of Caribbean States, which featured Ambassadors of several Caribbean Countries and other community leaders at a  Zoom Town Hall on Tuesday July 7, 2020 at 4pm. The session lasting approximately 3 1/2 hours was streamed live on various platforms including the Authen Caribe’s Facebook Page as well as its Instagram Page, Authentic Foundation.The recorded session is now available on its youtube channelACF.