WASHINGTON, DC - The United States says it has imposed visa and financial sanctions on the former president of the Haitian Chamber of Deputies, Gary Bodeau, for his alleged involvement in corruption.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Olympian Njisane Phillip will return to court on April 24 after he was granted TT$300,000 (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) bail on firearm and drug related charges.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The United States has shipped three mega generators to the island of Puerto Rico in an effort to help stabilize the territory’s electricity grid and minimize continuing outages. 

OTTAWA, Canada - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Barbados counterpart, Mia Mottley have agreed to “continue to work closely together,” on a number of global issues, including the ongoing political, socio-economic situation in Haiti.

MIAMI, FL – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a businessman and former drug trafficker with dual Haitian and Chilean citizenship pleaded guilty before a US judge in the Southern District of Florida on Friday to three charges involving his role in the assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands – Governor John Rankin has signed the proclamation to pave the way for residents of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to vote for a new government on April 24, a few weeks before the polls are constitutionally due.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) says a new UN-backed network aims to drive action to save migrant lives in the Americas, including the Caribbean. 

BOSTON, Massachusetts – A United States court has ordered a former Haitian mayor to pay more than US$15.5 million in compensation after he was accused of murder, attempted killings and torture in a civil lawsuit.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General, Letitia James, has co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in pushing back against the ongoing effort by Texas to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for immigrants.

MIAMI, FL – Former attorney general, Faris Al Rawi, has described as a “victory for the people of Trinidad and Tobago” after a jury in the US found Trinidadian businessman Steve Ferguson and a former government minister liable for multiple claims arising from the redevelopment of the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad and Tobago dating back to more than 20 years ago.

WASHINGTON, DC – CARICOM countries recorded “significant human rights issues,” last year,  with Haiti and Jamaica being among regional countries being singled out were there were credible reports that some officials alleged to have committed human rights abuses were not subject to full and swift accountability.

WASHINGTON, DC – The situation in Haiti where political instability has rocked the country since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenelle Moise will be among matters discussed when leaders from the United States and Canada meet in Ottawa next week.