ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Monday described Sir Lester Bird as a “great son of the soil” as he led the country in mourning the death of the island’s second prime minister.

Last night, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) and the United Teachers of Dade (UTD) reached a Tentative Agreement that recognizes the high-quality work of educators and demonstrates the District’s commitment to rewarding and maintaining a highly skilled workforce. As part of the package, teachers and other school employees will be able to maintain 100 percent employer-funded health insurance.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Culture Minister Olivia Grange has expressed sadness at the passing of the former Executive Director and Chairman of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Hugh Nash.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves remained hospitalized on Thursday night after he was struck with an object during protest earlier during the day as supporters of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) and two public sector unions took to the streets to condemn proposed changes to the Public Health Act.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government has announced a tightening of the measures aimed at curbing the spreading of the coronavirus (COVID-19) after the island recorded more than 800 new cases within six days pushing the number of positive cases to 52,089 and the confirmed deaths to 1,178.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has commended the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for upholding a promise she made to regional leaders regarding the appointment of a senior Caribbean diplomat to her cabinet.

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia has called on Haiti to ensure that the former Colombian soldiers detained in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7 be guaranteed legal and medical rights.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Phillip J. Pierre will be sworn in as the new Prime Minister of St. Lucia later on Wednesday as international observer teams that monitored Monday’s general elections say the results reflected the will of the voters.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – A 71-year-old neurosurgeon was sworn in Tuesday as Haiti’s seventh prime minister since 2017, further fueling division within the political environment on the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tragedy and triumph is a recurring theme in the history of Haiti, the world’s first Black Republic. It was a horrific tragedy that Africans were enslaved via the Europe slave trade and forcibly relocated to Ayiti to be the forced free labor for what would become the richest colony in the Caribbean.

Washington DC,  - United States Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, has sought to allay the fears of over eight thousand DACA-eligible Caribbean immigrants that persons who have already applied for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme will not be affected by the recent the Texas Federal  Court ruling.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Sunday said that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping should feel insulted by a statement released by a group of international diplomats regarding the political situation in Haiti where armed gunmen shot and killed President Jovenel Moise during the early hours of July 7 at his private residence.