PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A member of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG) is now hospitalized after gunmen shot him when they stormed the Gulfstream shipwreck off the Coast of Cove in Tobago, late Friday. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Jamaica diplomat and the first chief executive officer of the Barbados-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Development Fund (CDF), Lorne T. McDonnough, has died, his family has confirmed.

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GEORGETOWN Guyana – One of Guyana’s cultural icons, Dave Martins died on Sunday, at the age of 90 The cause of death was not immediately known, but in recent years he was afflicted with dementia.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United States says the security situation in Haiti is “unpredictable and dangerous,” and warned its nationals to not travel to the country.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Home Affairs Minister, Bronto Somohardjo, says Suriname has created history by making a donation of more than US$46,000 to Palestine acknowledging that transferring the funds to “Gaza is very difficult”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Police Wednesday said they have arrested five people following last Sunday’s brutal attack on a party in Clarendon, south of here, that left eight people, including a two year-old child, dead and several others injured.

Houston, Texas - In a moving tribute at the funeral ceremony of former Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, celebrated the life and legacy of a remarkable leader whose roots were deeply intertwined with Jamaican heritage.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Farmers could start receiving assistance in another two weeks as the Ministry of Agriculture moves quickly to complete damage assessments in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.

THE VALLEY, Anguilla – Police says they believe that the shooting incident that occurred on Sunday night , in which one person was killed and two others injured, may have involved foreign nationals.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has been named in honour of national hero Marcus Garvey.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness Tuesday warned that Jamaica has a deeper problem of organized violence in the society and that the solution does not lie solely with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).