UNITED NATIONS – A Barbadian national is among the 2022 cohort of Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) announced by the United Nations while recognizing their efforts to bring about a fairer future for people and the planet.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana –Professor Duke Pollard, one of the architects of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has died in the United States, according to relatives and media reports here.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Dominica government says over EC$40 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) would have been spent in acquiring hundreds of acres of land as well as to compensate hundreds more property owners as the island moves to construct an international airport by 2026.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Council of Ministers, Kenneth Bryan Tuesday said the Barbados-based organization stands ready to assist members dealing with the passage of Hurricane Fiona as the category three hurricane makes its way through the region leaving atrial of death and destruction.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves Monday led the country in paying tribute to the five people who were killed when the vehicle in which they were traveling to a funeral overturned in Sandy Bay on Sunday afternoon.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has warned that Trinidad and Tobago “is in for a long haul” as it relates to criminal activities, especially murders, as he reiterated the need for parents and family members to play a much more meaningful role in the assisting law enforcement agencies curb the spiraling crime situation here.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang says Jamaica is making arrangements with the US Justice Department to extradite several Jamaicans linked to lottery scamming activities to face trial in the United States.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts –Energy and Public Utilities Minister, Konris Maynard, is urging consumers to bear with the St. Kitts Electricity Company’s (SKELEC) as the efforts continue to deal with the power outages on the island.

Washington, D.C.  – Radcliffe Manyan Sr and his wife Sherene who hail from Duhaney Park in Kingston, and now reside in Washington DC, are demanding answers regarding how their daughter, a Library Police Officer, was shot and killed while on a training course on August 4, 2022.

UNITED NATIONS – A fund set up by the United Nations to build peace, prevent violence, reinforce justice, strengthen the rule of law and security institutions, and boost resilience amongst Haiti’s most vulnerable people, is supporting government efforts to restore security and stability. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Dr. Eric Williams Memorial Library was officially opened here in the heart of the capital on Tuesday, a stone throw away from the area that the country’s first prime minister had declared “the University of Woodford Square”.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Government and opposition leaders have condemned the murder of a 21-year-old student, who was due to return to the United States this week to begin an internship at a noted audit firm in Atlanta, Georgia.