BOSTON – Caribbean and immigrant advocacy groups are welcoming the bipartisan passage of legislation in the United States House of Representatives to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians, describing it as a major step toward protecting hundreds of thousands from deportation.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali Wednesday defended the procedure used to re-appoint Belizean economist Dr.  Carla Barnett for another five-year term as Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General saying “I was involved in the discussions as all other heads on the reappointment of the Secretary General.

NEW YORK, New York – Guyana-born attorney, Michelle R. DeSouza-Forte, is seeking a seat on the Kings County (Brooklyn) Civil Court bench.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – In a landmark ruling that has sent shockwaves through the athletics world, four of Jamaica’s top field athletes, including reigning Olympic men’s discus champion Roje Stona, have had their requests to switch allegiance to Turkey rejected by the World Athletics Nationality Review Panel 

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States human rights group, Human Rights Watch, has condemned the latest US military strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea that killed four people.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana is moving to strengthen surveillance and security capabilities within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as it deepens strategic partnerships to safeguard key economic assets and its airspace.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Two United States nationals Tuesday pleaded not guilty to the 2023 murder of Canadian Daniel Langlois and his partner, Dominique Marchand.

NEW YORK, New York – Immigration advocates rallied at the State Capitol in Albany on Wednesday, calling for the swift passage of the New York for All Act to strengthen protections for immigrants across the state.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) us giving its “full and emphatic endorsement” of a United Nations General Assembly resolution filed by Ghana declaring the trafficking and racialized, inter-generational chattel enslavement of Africans as among the gravest crimes against humanity.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew late Saturday night reiterated that Trinidad and Tobago was not “uninvited”  to the retreat where a decision was taken to reappoint Belizean economist Dr. Carla Barnett as Secretary General of the 15-member regional integration grouping.

PARAMARIBO,  Suriname – President Jennifer Greelings-Simons Monday said that the Suriname will remember the many years of service former head of state, Chandrikapersad ‌Santokhi, provided to the country following his sudden death on Monday.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James is among a coalition of 17 attorneys general urging the United States Congress to pass legislation that would require the Donald Trump administration to provide swift refunds due to what they described as “Trump’s illegal tariffs”.