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.

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”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Police Commissioner, Allister Guevarro, Monday said that three people detained in connection with Sunday’s assault on the San Fernando City Corporation Municipal Police station, south of here, that left one officer dead and guns and ammunition stolen, have been released.

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.

NEW YORK, New York – Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness was honored with the Legacy Award by the New York-based American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) during its 29th Annual “The Legacy Continues” Black-Tie Awards Gala in Manhattan on Friday.