KINGSTON, Jamaica – National Security Minister, Dr Horace Chang, says the recent acts of violence committed against women and girls will remain as a stain on Jamaica’s national character even as he promised that such acts will not be tolerated and will be met with the full force of the law.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – In observance of Workers’ Week and Labour Day this year, two government buildings are to be renamed after former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, and former legislature, Lynden Gladstone Newland,

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - Though weary, family and friends, along with Damian ‘Ace’ Oliverie himself, will not give up on the prospects of a bright and happy future. Now diagnosed with Multiple myeloma – a cancer of the body’s plasma cells, a type of white blood cells charged with producing antibodies- the well-loved Trinidad and Tobago entertainer, husband and father, will require chemotherapy and constant treatment for the rest of his life.

NEW YORK, New York – The Brooklyn, New York-based Guyana Independence Celebration Committee New York (GICCNY) said on Saturday that it will honor murdered 11-year-old Adrianna Younge at Guyana’s annual Independence Parade and Celebration in Brooklyn on June 1.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The family of an 11 year-old girl, whose body was found in a swimming pool at a hotel late last month, and whose death caused the government to institute a four and a half hour curfew following protest action, say the funeral planned for Monday has been postponed.

WASHINGTON, DC - In a testament to the rising influence of Caribbean-Americans in New England politics, three trailblazing mayors of Caribbean descent will headline the honorees at the West Indies Social Club of Hartford's diamond-studded 75th anniversary gala this Saturday.

SAN DIEGO, CA – The California-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) is demanding justice and accountability in the death of a Haitian woman in the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti has emerged as one of the worst countries in the world with regards to press freedom, Reporters San Frontiers (RSF) reported on Friday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government has given the family of the murdered 11-year Adrianna Younge that it is providing full support in their pursuit of truth and justice.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – One of the country’s Veteran politicians and former General Secretary of the opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Amna Ally, died on Saturday. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, has raised concerns over calls for a second autopsy in the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, despite a unanimous conclusion from three internationally acclaimed forensic pathologists that the child died by drowning.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia –  The acting Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), Mario Michel, Friday said he hopes his retirement on May 5 will pave the way for the unanimous appointment of a new head of the court.