KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has recorded 72 murders during the first two weeks of the new year, according to figures released by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

NEW YORK, New York – Prominent Caribbean attorney, civil rights advocate, and political and community activist, Colin A. Moore, has died.  He was 80 years-old.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The Association of Surinamese Journalists (ASJ) has called for protection to be provided for media worker Jason Pinas, after two hand grenades taped together were found under a car parked at his home on Thursday morning.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trade union leaders Friday promised “all hell will break loose” if the Trinidad and Tobago government goes ahead with its plans to have public sector workers vaccinated by January 16.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government has said that the curfew put in place to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 will be lifted on the night of the general election even as opposition parties contemplate mounting a legal challenge to allow people who have tested positive for the virus vote in the January 19 election.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceño says his administration cannot afford to lock down the country as Belize gets ready to re-open its land borders on January 1 next year.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali has described prominent businessman, and cultural icon, Yesu Persaud, as a true son of the soil” following his death on Monday, hours after being discharged from hospital.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government says the national identification system (NIDS) will be fully operational this year.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United States has announced plans to provide Haiti with weapons and armored vehicles in an effort to counter the numerous challenges facing the French speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state.

NEW YORK, NY - The sunshine state of Florida now has its first Haitian American congressional representative.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) says 1,463 murders have been committed here last year, 132 or almost 10 percent above the murder total for 2020.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Journalists here plan to stage a protest outside Parliament building on Thursday as they intensify pressure on Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk whose security guards assaulted a media worker as he was carrying out his duties earlier this week.