KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is marking National Heroes Day on Monday with the country’s two main political leaders paying tribute to those who have paved the way for the country to be recognized both at home and abroad.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government is offering a two-million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and charge of those responsible for Sunday night’s mass shooting in Commodore, Linstead that left five people including a four-year-old school child, dead.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police attached to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport were arrested after demanding money from a passenger before her items could have been released. 

NEW YORK, New York – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking the Office of Legal Counsel’s (OLC) guidance and other related documents regarding lethal strikes on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana on Sunday evening commissioned the Chinese funded US$262 million dollar Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge, with President Irfaan Ali saying it signals the dawn of a new era of transformation.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Government of The Bahamas has confirmed the passing of Minister of Environment and Natural Resources and Golden Isles Member of Parliament, Vaughn Miller.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says one fisherman is believed to have drowned and 16 others were rescued at sea following a boat fire off the coast of Clarendon on Friday.

NEW YORK, New York – Andris Pukke has been sentenced to eight years in prison by US District Judge J. Paul Oetken for leading a years-long real estate scam in Belize in which hundreds of victims—many of whom were retirees—were defrauded of about US$77 million.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Miss Universe Jamaica Organization says it is deeply saddened by the passing of Tyra Spaulding, who was a beloved finalist in the 2023 staging of its competition

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - The St. Kitts and Nevis government has welcomed the decision by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines based Lynch Caribbean Brokers Ltd. To include the twin island Federation in the Regional Economical Agri-Insurance Programme (REAP).

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of State has listed several Caribbean countries in its 2025 Trafficking in Person Report, stating that “trafficking in persons” and “human trafficking” are umbrella terms, often used interchangeably, to refer to a crime whereby traffickers exploit and profit at the expense of adults or children by compelling them to perform labor or engage in commercial sex.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police say they have detained an employee of the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) Finance Department in connection with the alleged theft of an estimated five million dollars that had to be used to pay polling day staff in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica).