PARIS, France – Jamaican sprint star Shericka Jackson said protecting her body was one of the reasons behind opting out of the marquee women’s 100 meters at the Paris Olympics, stressing she was “at peace” with the decision.
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ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada – The head of the Transitional President Council (TPC), in Haiti, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Tuesday said that he expects presidential and legislative elections to be held in the country by the end of 2025.
NEW YORK, New York – The Haitian-American chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, has welcomed the decision of President Joseph Biden to withdraw from the presidential elections in November and endorse his Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate.
NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas Wednesday conferred the Order of National Hero to a former slave as the country celebrated its 51st anniversary of political independence from Britain.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The Director of Passports, Lorenzo David Ramírez Uribe, says the bidding process for the new electronic or biometric passport for the Dominican Republic is currently underway.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has announced a commitment of up to US$30 million towards a new initiative that will accelerate international development projects in countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean and sustain the positive effects they deliver.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United States has delivered various military equipment and materials to Haiti as the United Nations sanctioned Kenyan-led Multi-national Support Mission to Haiti has warned the criminal gangs that “we have a job that we are committed to do”.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has urged the media in Trinidad and Tobago against being “chained up …to write misinformation” as he denied reports that former employees of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) were filing lawsuits.
WASHINGTON, DC – Barbados is the lone Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country attending this week’s Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (Americas Partnership) foreign affairs track Ministerial meeting, the United States Department of State has confirmed.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – As Hurricane Beryl makes its way towards the United States on Sunday, it has not only left a trail of death and destruction in the Caribbean, but has forcefully reignited the debate as to the role developed countries have and continue to play in warming the earth, resulting in severe storms like Beryl that took less than a week to become a category 5 hurricane.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Monday announced a US$60 million humanitarian aid package to support Haitian people and alleviate the suffering caused by gang violence and the multidimensional crisis.
WASHINGTON, DC – United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett has welcomed the announcement by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in providing US$4.5 million of immediate humanitarian assistance to Caribbean countries impacted by Hurricane Beryl.
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has reiterated his solidarity with Caribbean countries affected by the passage of Hurricane Beryl, as the international body releases four million US dollars from its emergency response fund to kickstart relief efforts.