DES MOINES, Iowa – Prosecutors are seeking a three-year jail term for the former Des Moines Public School Superintendent, Guyana-born Ian Roberts’ who was detained by federal immigration officers on September 26, 2025, just weeks into a new school year.

ATLANTA – A Jamaican national Orville Andrew Pernell, who escaped custody in St.  Lucia while awaiting extradition on a murder charge, was sentenced to federal prison in the United States earlier this week. 

ROSEAU, Dominica - Prime Minister Roosevelt   Skerrit Wednesday said that the government cannot “ignore or dismiss”  the second major fire to hit the capital within a three-month period, saying “it is a matter that demands urgent and serious attention”

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana is moving towards a national security system that is integrated and technology-driven, featuring smart police stations, artificial intelligence-powered crime prediction tools and full CCTV coverage across the country by 2030, President Irfaan Ali has said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The RJRGLEANER Communications Group says it has entered a “binding agreement” with the Jamaica-based fabric company, LP Azar Limited regarding the sale of the Gleaner building in the capital, Kingston.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Princess of Jordan Sarah Zeid who is the Senior Special Advisor to the World Food Programme (WFP), is on an official humanitarian mission to Haiti.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has officially launched the country’s national gold and jewellery brand under the brand name “Eldorado Reimagined” marking a historic milestone in the transformation of the country’s gold sector.

ROSEAU, Dominica – A 26-year-old man has been remanded into custody after he appeared in a magistrate’s court on Monday charged with arson arising from last week’s fire in the capital that destroyed at nine buildings.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — A man convicted of killing the cousin of National Hero and international pop star Rihanna has been sentenced to nearly four decades in prison, with the High Court stressing the need for tough penalties to combat gun violence.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Government has established the Mavis Gilmour Centenarian Honour to recognise the oldest Jamaican every year.

MIAMI, FL – A Florida jury on Friday convicted four men on charges of plotting to kill Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 by hiring mercenaries to assassinate him at his Port-au-Prince home.

NEW YORK – The Caribbean community in Brooklyn, New York, has expressed profound sadness over the passing of Rodrick F. Daley, the prominent Jamaican-born chair of Community Board 17 in Brooklyn.