GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Kenneth Bryan, has issued a strong call to all Caribbean people to continue exercising vigilance during this hurricane season by preparing for storms, while also being ready to respond and recover swiftly.

MIAMI, FL – The former managing director of the  BVI Ports Authority Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard was given a nine-year and four-month prison sentence for her role in a drug trafficking plot that involved convicted former Premier Andrew Fahie.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia is joining at least two other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in launching a prepaid electricity project in August allowing consumers to “top up” their electricity by telephone.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana Tuesday began loading the first of several flights containing relief supplies to Grenada following the battering the country took from the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Monday that left at least three people dead and severe damage and destruction on the sister isle of Carriacou

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Canadian YouTuber, facing a possible two yers in jail on a sedition charge, was on Friday given permission by the High Court here to return to his home until his next court appearance in August.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government has joined media organizations here in condemning the threats made against Television Jamaica (TVJ) journalist, Giovanni Dennis, following his special report highlighting illegal drag racing in Jamaica.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, has honored three Caribbean nationals during a ceremony on Sunday marking the closure of Caribbean-American Heritage Month.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A post-mortem that was carried out on the remains of dancehall artiste ‘Medikk’, whose real name is Stephanie Williams, has led investigators to believe that she died from bullet wounds.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police say they have arrested a taxi driver in connection with the death of the Jamaican born singer, Navar George Barton, who was shot and killed on Thursday in  Sophia, Greater Georgetown.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says Joly Germine, described as the “King” of a violent Haitian gang, has been sentenced to 420 months in prison for his role in a gunrunning conspiracy that smuggled firearms to Haiti in violation of US export laws.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Culture and the Arts Minister, Randall Mitchell, Wednesday led the tribute to the award-winning actor and singer, Marlon De Bique, who died at San Fernando General Hospital, south of here on Tuesday night, following a brief illness. The cause of death has not been disclosed.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad  – A Canadian vlogger who specializes in video interviews with criminal gangs on his world travels has been arrested after posting such an exchange in Trinidad.