NEW YORK – VJ Edgecombe of The Bahamas created history on Wednesday when he was drafted third overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2025 NBA Draft.

SAN DIEGO, CA – Caribbean immigration advocates have condemned President Donald Trump’s termination of a parole program for Haitians, Cubans, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The internationally renowned wood sculptor, Vincent Joseph Eudovic, died at his home in Goodlands on the outskirts of the capital on Monday. He was 83. The cause of death has not been disclosed

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) is calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza amid what it describes as a worsening humanitarian crisis marked by a soaring civilian death toll and blocked access to food and aid.

BRASILIA, Brazil – Venezuela has reiterated its position regarding the ownership of the Essequibo Region in Guyana saying that nothing should be done there until the two countries settle the border dispute

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Hall of Fame fighter and Jamaican boxing great, Mike ‘The Bodysnatcher’ McCallum died suddenly on Saturday in Las Vegas at the age of 68.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States State Department has confirmed that President Donald Trump is considering imposing a travel ban on 36 countries, including four in the Caribbean.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The left-leaning Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) has called on the Trinidad and Tobago government to appoint a special envoy to deal with the allegations made by Venezuela regarding Port of Spain being used as a launching pad for seeking to overthrow the Nicolas Maduro government in Venezuela.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday, welcomed the United States Court of International Trade ruling that the Trump administration’s tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are “invalid and cannot be implemented.”

WASHINGTON, DC – Four of the five Eastern Caribbean nations offering citizenship by investment (CBI) programs have found themselves on a new US State Department watchlist.

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean-American legislators and national immigration advocates have collectively expressed profound outrage, strongly condemning President Donald J. Trump’s immediate travel ban barring people from 12 countries, including Haiti and Cuba, from entering the United States.

NEW YORK, New York – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) is warning that the decision by the United States government ordering its embassies worldwide to freeze issuing student visas could severely threaten international students, including those from the Caribbean.