North Miami, FL – In a gymnasium filled with a sea of energetic high schoolers, local human trafficking experts ended Human Trafficking Awareness Month with a thought-provoking discussion that led to a barrage of questions from inquisitive North Miami teens. With one hand being raised after another, the teens asked questions that extended the gamut of issues involving sex trafficking – just one of several types of human trafficking tragedies known in the United States.

LONDON, UK - The Trevelyan family in the United Kingdom says they will offer a public apology to the people of Grenada where their ancestors had more than one thousand slaves.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry has met with the high command of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) following last weekend’s ambush by criminal gangs that left three police officers dead, one other missing and another hospitalised.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia Bureau of Standards (SBS) is urging the public to be wary of the Fabuloso Multi-Purpose Cleaners after the manufacturer, Colgate-Palmolive, announced the recall of the product as it warned of the risk of exposure to bacteria.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Former president and military strong man, Desi Bouterse says the 20-year jail sentence “came as no surprise,” as the acting Attorney General, Carmen Rasam, said that his “victims were riddled with a hail of bullets”  as the appeal case continued regarding Bouterse’s complicity in the murder of 15 men on December 8, 1982.

HAVANA, Cuba – The Ministry of Communications says work is now underway to establish a new international fiber optic cable – Arimao, which will bring with it an increase and diversification of the island’s international connectivity.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The national airline of the Bahamas, Bahamasair, has dismissed as untrue, a statement by former prime minister Dr. Hubert Minnis that “millions of dollars have disappeared from Bahamasair by travel agents and baggage handlers in Haiti”.

FLORIDA – Four men detained in Haiti in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July 2021, are due to appear in a court here on Wednesday after they were transferred to US to face criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in the July 7, killing of the Haitian leader.

DENVER, Colorado - A Haitian national living in Denver, the capital of the state of Colorado, was sentenced earlier this month for having hidden firearms in cars that were being shipped to Haiti.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica with a murder rate of more than 1,000 annually, is looking to the churches here to get more Jamaicans to use restorative justice (RJ) to resolve conflicts and maintain peace within their communities.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government, indicating that it is “very serious about its environment commitments” says it is moving quickly to incorporate new, cleaner technologies into the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) fleet, eventually replacing the existing combustion engine units.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has recorded 32 murders during the first 14 days of the new year as compared with 72 for the corresponding period last year, as the government moves to finalize proposals to make the death penalty the automatic punishment for capital murder and 45 years’ imprisonment the minimum sentence for other homicides.