Haitian PM Henry dissolves Electoral Council, intensifying political crisis in the country. CaribbeanToday's Top Stories This Week

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname’s Inter Moengotapoe has been disqualified and removed from this year’s CONCACAF League, while the club’s owner and Suriname’s Vice President, Ronnie Brunswijk, has been banned for three years from participating in any capacity in CONCACAF competitions.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Two-time Olympic double sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is ending her long-standing relationship with coach Stephen Francis and the MVP Track Club.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general across the United States in dispatching a letter to US President Joe Biden and US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressing deep concern over the treatment of thousands of Haitian refugees currently seeking humanitarian aid along the border in Texas.

AccuWeather Global Weather Center – As Hurricane Sam continues to navigate across the Atlantic as a major hurricane, there are at least three other trouble spots that AccuWeather forecasters are monitoring for tropical development across the basin this week. Following the formation of Subtropical Storm Teresa on Friday, only two names remain on the list for the season — and both names may soon be used. It is only a matter of time before the season shifts to rank in third place for all-time number of named storms generated in one hurricane season.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Ariel Henry has dismissed members of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) throwing into doubt the planned constitutional referendum and elections in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.