New York, NY,– On Wednesday morning, Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers arrested Broward County Public Schools superintendent Robert Runcie. Runcie was charged with perjury, being accused of lying under oath in testimony he gave to a grand jury between March 31st and April 1st. 

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica,– Caribbean agriculture ministers have discussed new challenges facing the sector as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,– The government of Guyana says that it is aiming to send relief items to St Vincent and the Grenadines in the next 48 hours, following the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano .

KINGSTON, Jamaica,– Prime Minister Andrew Holness has led tributes to the veteran journalist and broadcaster, Michael Sharpe, who died on Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 65. The cause of death has not been disclosed.

AccuWeather Global Weather Center –   More huge explosions rocked the island of St. Vincent Monday and Tuesday mornings as the La Soufrière volcano kept erupting.

National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang has assured members of the United States Diaspora that the government is going all out to stem the illegal trafficking of guns and ammunition into the country.

WASHINGTON, DC, - Renowned theologian, and former pastor of the East Queen Street Baptist Church, The Rev. Dr. Horace Orlando Russell, was eulogised Saturday, April 17, 2021, at a stirring service of thanksgiving for his life at DeBaptiste Funeral home auditorium at the town of Bryan Mawr, near Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, USA.  He had died April 5, aged 91.

“Enduring Advocacy for a Better Jamaica,” the latest book authored by renowned Jamaican pastor, Rev. Dr. Devon Dick, is set for its US launch on Thursday, April 15, during a virtual program to be hosted by the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, DC.

NEW YORK,– New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken action to protect Caribbean nationals and other New Yorkers and block debt collectors from seizing billions of dollars in emergency stimulus payments authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. 

PORT AU Prince, Haiti,– The United States says it is looking forward to working with the new Prime Minister of Haiti, Claude Joseph, who has pledged to continue efforts for the staging of referendum and the organization of new elections in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent,– Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Monday made an impassioned plea for assistance for the homeless as the authorities continue to put measures in place to deal with the impact of an erupting La Soufriere volcano.

WASHINGTON, – A new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) provides an analysis of the evolution of energy consumption and expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), composition by energy source.