PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – A re-organized Tropical Storm Grace was heading towards Haiti on Tuesday dumping up to 10 inches of rain on the earthquake battered country where the death toll has so far climbed to 1, 419 with 6,000 others injured and unknown number still missing and feared dead.

MIAMI, Florida – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of its Cutter James offloaded about 59,700 pounds of cocaine and 1,430 pounds of marijuana worth more than US$1.4 billion seized in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Caribbean American congresswoman Yvette Clarke, founding co-chair of the United States House of Representatives’ Caribbean and Haiti Caucuses, on Wednesday led a letter to US President Joseph Biden urging him to “prioritize the needs of Haiti and members of the Haitian Diaspora.”

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Officials on Sunday reported that the death toll from Saturday morning’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake had more than doubled, reaching 724, amid concerns that an approaching tropical storm could complicate ongoing rescue efforts.

TEXAS – The Texas state appeals court has upheld a murder conviction against an ex-Dallas police officer who was accused of fatally shooting the St. Lucian-born, Botham Jean, in his apartment in 2018.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have told the United States that its decades old trade and economic embargo against Cuba has “run its course” and should now be lifted.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Wednesday announced the shipment of more than 836,000 does of the Pfizer vaccine to six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, as part of its commitment to provide “safe and effective vaccines to as many people around the world as fast as possible”

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean American legislators in New York have joined other elected officials in calling on New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, to resign after a state investigation report found that he had fostered a culture of workplace misconduct and had sexually harassed numerous women.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States says that its presidential delegation that attended the funeral of assassinated President Jovenel Moise was “safe and accounted for”, saying that those traveling from Washington have arrived safely back in the United States. 

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean American legislators in New York have welcomed the resignation of Governor Andrew Cuomo, saying it was the right thing to do.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Joseph Biden administration in the United States has imposed sanctions on the Cuban Police in response to what it says is the police’s “violent repression of peaceful protests.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States government on Thursday announced new sanctions on a senior Cuban security official and an interior ministry brigade and warned of more to come, as it accused Havana of repressing and violating the rights of peaceful anti-government protestors.