UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) has confirmed that it has been asked by the Donald Trump administration to help undocumented migrants to return to their home countries, if they want to do so.
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NASSAU, Bahamas – China has dismissed comments made by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and The Bahamas saying they “revealed ideological bias and disrespect and ignorance of the basic norms in international relations”.
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Persad Bissessar Sworn in For a Second Time as Head of Government
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Seventy-three year-old Kamla Persad Bissessar, created history on Thursday, when she took the oath of office becoming the first woman to be sworn in as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago on two separate occasions.
UNITED NATIONS – The United States says while it is determined to assist the Haitian people achieve peace, security and prosperity, it “cannot continue shouldering such a significant financial burden”.
NEW YORK, New York – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella organization representing over 200 immigrant and refugee groups in New York State, has denounced President Donald Trump’s attack on sanctuary cities, saying that it threatens the safety of immigrants in New York and the immigrant community in general.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The leader of the main opposition United National Congress (UNC), Kamla Persad Bissessar, claimed victory in the general election after the ruling People’s National Party (PNM) was swept aside on Monday.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States says it supports the statement issued by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in which the 15-member regional integration grouping strongly condemned recent reports that criminal gangs in Haiti are threatening to overthrow the transitional government through violence.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police say that a nursing assistant, who claimed that she witnessed the post-mortem of the 11-year-old Adriana Younge, whose body had been found in a swimming pool of a hotel, has surrendered to law enforcement authorities.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - More than one million voters in Trinidad and Tobago go to the polls on Monday to elect a new government with the opinion polls -official and unofficial- suggesting that the outcome is to close to call.
WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump administration on Friday expressed its “deepest condolences” to the government and people of the Dominican Republic in the deaths resulting from the collapse of a popular night club in the capital Santo Domingo.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration in the United States on Friday designated two Haitian gangs as terrorist organizations.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of State is “strongly” advising prospective adoptive parents to reconsider intercountry adoptions from Haiti, particularly those who have not yet selected a country from which to adopt or those who have not yet been matched with a child from Haiti.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Juan Méndez, says over 200 bodies have been recovered following the catastrophic roof collapse at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, earlier this week.
