BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Court of Appeal Tuesday ruled that Jamar Dwayne Bynoe, who had previously been sentenced to hang for his role in the 2010 fire at a store that resulted in the deaths of six women, return to the High Court for sentencing.

NEW YORK, New York – With the BA. 2 Omnicron subvariant now accounting for most of the sequenced cases in New York City, the First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer at the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), Dr.  K. Torian Easterling, is recommending the drug Paxlovid for treatment of New Yorkers, including Caribbean nationals, who may have contracted the disease.  

WASHINGTON, DC – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, Wednesday urged countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to take action to increase surveillance, public health measures and vaccination, and to make sure that health systems are prepared to cope with a potential influx of coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Internationally acclaimed novelist and writer, George Lamming, died on Saturday at the age of 94, just a few days shy of his 95th birthday, that he would have celebrated on June 8th.

WASHINGTON, DC – Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters, on Wednesday dispatched a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to leverage the forthcoming dialogue at the Summit of the Americas to incorporate a key priority for Caribbean nations – financial access and inclusion, particularly to advance solutions to the harmful phenomenon of bank de-risking.

WASHINGTON, DC – Caribbean American Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday made her briefing room debut as White House press secretary, recognizing her historic role.

NEW YORK, New York – A Caribbean American New York State Democratic legislator has hailed the New York State Senate’s passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act (VRA) of New York which provides legal recourse for denying or abridging any individual’s right to vote.

NEW YORK, New York – An umbrella immigration group in New York has denounced a United States federal judge’s injunction preventing the Joe Biden administration from re-opening the United States borders to Caribbean and other migrants and asylum seekers.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell Saturday night announced June 23rd as the date for general elections as his ruling New National Party (NNP) seeks a third consecutive term in office.

WASHINGTON, DC – United States President Joe Biden has declared June as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, saying that America’s strength has always been rooted in its diversity.

GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) says that it is working closely with countries around the world, where cases of the rare viral disease monkeypox have been reported.

WASHINGTON, DC – United States Vice President Kamala Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican father, on Monday swore in former New York State Assembly Member N. Nick Perry as the first Jamaican-born US Ambassador to Jamaica.