MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, – Legendary Jamaican entrepreneur Gordon “Butch” Stewart, one of the hospitality industry’s most vibrant personalities and founder of Sandals Resorts International, the world’s leading all-inclusive resort company, has died at the age of 79.  An unstoppable force, who delighted in defying the odds by exceeding expectations, Stewart single-handedly built the world’s most awarded vacation brand from one resort in Jamaica to over two dozen distinct resorts and villas throughout the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON,  CMC – Caribbean American legislators in the United States on Saturday celebrated the election of US Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden and his Caribbean American vice-presidential running mate Senator Kamala Harris. 

ICN, NEW YORK, NY, : Like our fellow Caribbean immigrants across the US and the Caribbean,we are celebrating, likethe spirit of Caribbean immigrant Alexander Hamiltonis undoubtedly celebrating this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, as Senator Kamala Harris, became the US’ first female vice-president elect and the first with roots that stretch directly to the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON  –The Dean of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) corps of Ambassadors in the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders has congratulated Congressman Gregory W. Meeks on his election as Chair of the influential Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

An umbrella coalition of immigration groups has welcomed the defeat of President Donald Trump saying a huge number of immigrants had overcome several obstacles, including “the usual Board of Elections bungles to cast their ballots in record numbers for a vision of America that includes all of us”.

Caribbean American legislators here have joined the Democratic Party in urging that every vote in battleground states be counted. 

NEW YORK –  A Guyanese national, Compton Eversley, 70, who is also known as Abdel Nur, who was extradited from Trinidad and Tobago several years ago on terrorism charges, has now been deported to his homeland following his conviction and sentencing in the Eastern District of New York (EDNY).

Haitian American Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus who  lost to newcomer Republican Mark Szuszkiewicz in the 46th Assembly District in Brooklyn, in Tuesday’s election is still holding out hope that she could eventually be declared the winner. 

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ambassador to the United Nations, Inga Rhonda King, Monday said she remains committed to a reform of the United nations Security Council, as her country assumed the chairmanship of that UN body.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Six former members of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit – that was once an operational team within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), have now been banned by the United States, for what has been described as the gross violations of human rights. 

WASHINGTON, CMC – After four years of tumultuous rule by United States Republican President Donald J. Trump, US Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden was on Saturday declared the next US president-elect.

A broad-based, non-partisan Caribbean group in the United States is urging Caribbean Americans to cast their ballots in the November 3 Presidential elections.