KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican singer Pluto Shervington, known for hit songs like ‘Ram Goat Liver’, ‘I Man Born Yah’, and ‘Your Honour’, has died.
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The Public Prosecution Service in Suriname says it is in the process of issuing an international arrest warrant for former president, Desi Bouterse, after he failed for a second time to report to a local prison to begin serving his 20-year jail sentence for murder.
NEW YORK, New York – Two Haitian legislators have welcomed New York Governor’s Kathy Hochul’s comprehensive six-point plan to combat maternal and infant mortality in the city.
CARACAS, Venezuela – President Nicolas Maduro says more than 5,000 troops participated in a “defensive” exercise on Thursday as Venezuela reacted to the decision by Britain to send a warship to participate in a military exercise off Guyana waters.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The murder toll in Trinidad and Tobago has jumped to 28 so far his year, after three men were gunned down by “several men in police uniforms” in Morvant on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday night.
NEW YORK, New York – Mayor Eric Adams has filed a US$708 million lawsuit against 17 charter bus and transportation companies as New York City seeks to recoup the funds it has incurred in providing emergency shelter and services to asylum seekers and migrants.
NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a multi-state coalition calling for expanded access to work authorization for new immigrants.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The police in Suriname have launched a search for former president Desi Bouterse who has been sentenced to serve 20 years in prison for his role in the murder of 15 political opponents on December 8, 1982 when a military junta led by him was in power in Suriname.
NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke on Wednesday paid tribute to her trailblazing, former colleague Eddie Bernice Johnson, who died on December 31. She was 88.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The Suriname government has urged citizens to regard the verdict of the Court of Justice “as an important moment of healing” as it upheld the 20-year jail sentence imposed on former president Desi Bouterse for his role in the controversial multiple murder of 15 men on December 8, 1982.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The wife of former president Desi Bouterse, who has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for his involvement in the killing of 15 people more than four decades ago, says he will not be reporting to jail as ordered on Wednesday by the public prosecutor .
BOSTON, MA – The embattled Haitian-American president of the prestigious Harvard University in Massachusetts has cited racism in her abrupt resignation letter submitted to members of the Harvard community on Tuesday.
NEW YORK, New York – Attorney Lynelle Maginley-Liddie has made history by becoming the first Caribbean national and second Black woman to assume the role of Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction (NYCDOC) in its 128-year history.