WASHINGTON,  CMC – Caribbean American legislators in the United States on Saturday celebrated the election of US Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden and his Caribbean American vice-presidential running mate Senator Kamala Harris. 

ICN, NEW YORK, NY, : Like our fellow Caribbean immigrants across the US and the Caribbean,we are celebrating, likethe spirit of Caribbean immigrant Alexander Hamiltonis undoubtedly celebrating this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, as Senator Kamala Harris, became the US’ first female vice-president elect and the first with roots that stretch directly to the Caribbean.

The World Bank has approved a US$60 million grant for the Haiti Digital Acceleration Project.

An umbrella coalition of immigration groups has welcomed the defeat of President Donald Trump saying a huge number of immigrants had overcome several obstacles, including “the usual Board of Elections bungles to cast their ballots in record numbers for a vision of America that includes all of us”.

Caribbean American legislators here have joined the Democratic Party in urging that every vote in battleground states be counted. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC –  The chief economist at the World Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean, Martín Rama, Friday said while there may be a need for solutions out of the crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, he does not share the view that Caribbean countries should only seriously consider debt relief as one of the solutions.

Haitian American Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus who  lost to newcomer Republican Mark Szuszkiewicz in the 46th Assembly District in Brooklyn, in Tuesday’s election is still holding out hope that she could eventually be declared the winner. 

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ambassador to the United Nations, Inga Rhonda King, Monday said she remains committed to a reform of the United nations Security Council, as her country assumed the chairmanship of that UN body.

Regional carrier, Caribbean Airlines, has been slapped with a multi-million dollar lawsuit by a Guyanese man who was held at New York’s JFK Airport with more than 4 pounds of cocaine in his suitcase  in 2018.

WASHINGTON, CMC – After four years of tumultuous rule by United States Republican President Donald J. Trump, US Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden was on Saturday declared the next US president-elect.

A broad-based, non-partisan Caribbean group in the United States is urging Caribbean Americans to cast their ballots in the November 3 Presidential elections.

In a sea of White male members, he stands out mainly because of his race and skin color.