PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Gang members have burnt down the historical building housing the Oloffson Hotel, located in the heart of the upscale Pacot neighborhood, the owner, Richard Auguste Morse, has confirmed.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Rice farmers in the village of Mahaica, can now look forward to cheaper operations and bigger yields, due to a brand-new airstrip that officially opened on Wednesday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Nearly two months after her body was found floating in the pool of a hotel in the capital, 11-year-old Adriana Younge was buried on Sunday, leaving behind a controversy surrounding the true cause of her death.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican jurist, Winston Anderson, was sworn in as the fourth president of the Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), pledging to continue fulfilling the role for which it had been established 20 years ago and urging Caribbean countries to fully commit to the court.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The Dominican Republic has contracted the U.S.-based consulting firm DGA Group Government Relations under a special arrangement to provide advisory services on security, immigration, drug and human trafficking, and human rights. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Police Force (GPF) says it is prepared to bring extortion charges against New York-based Guyanese political activist Rickford Burke and begin extradition proceedings so he can face the court here.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Ministry of Culture and Community Development says it has joined the national community in mourning the passing of Hansley “Hans” Hanoomansingh, cultural and national icon, veteran broadcaster, mentor, and former Member of Parliament who died on Saturday .

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Supreme Court has ordered the Government to pay over J$120 million in damages to a mentally-ill man who spent 50 years in custody without a trial.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is experiencing a sustained period of reduced violence, with weekly murder counts remaining below 15 for 14 consecutive weeks since March 2025, the longest such stretch in 25 years.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The veteran and respected Caribbean journalist, Rickey Ramotar Singh, died here on Saturday. He was 88 years old.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police Monday said they had detained three people, and were searching for a fourth person, after gunshots had been fired at the residence of Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill, over the last weekend.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Chris Gibbs, a founding member of the legendary band,   the Merrymen, died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer, relatives have confirmed. He was 80 years old.