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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – A re-organized Tropical Storm Grace was heading towards Haiti on Tuesday dumping up to 10 inches of rain on the earthquake battered country where the death toll has so far climbed to 1, 419 with 6,000 others injured and unknown number still missing and feared dead.

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As we plan for the 2021 Miami Carnival season, please know that the Miami Broward Carnival Host Committee, which produces the official Miami Carnival on Columbus Day weekend in Miami, is committed to our patrons' safety masqueraders, vendors, and the community at large. With that said, we want to inform you that we will incorporate and go beyond the CDC's minimum requirements.

BOGOTA, Colombia, – Less than a week after Colombia publicly called on Haitian authorities to ensure guaranteed legal and medical rights of their nationals detained in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7, a Colombian official has been allowed to visit the detainees in prison.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Wednesday announced the shipment of more than 836,000 does of the Pfizer vaccine to six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, as part of its commitment to provide “safe and effective vaccines to as many people around the world as fast as possible”

NEW YORK, New York – A Brooklyn, New York-based umbrella organization calling itself Guyanese Organizations Against Racism (GOAR), which comprises 25 groups in the New York tri-state area, says it will on Sunday host a massive march and rally in Brooklyn against alleged racism in Guyana.