WASHINGTON, DC – The United States government says it is providing nearly US$12.6 million in additional emergency, “life-saving assistance” to Jamaica and Haiti as the countries recover from the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

SCARBROUGH, Tobago - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is warning members of the fisherfolk community not to venture beyond the territorial waters of Trinidad and Tobago, reiterating the country’s support for the United States war on drugs in the region.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Hurricane Melissa, a category 5 storm with winds in excess of 160 miles per hour (mph), is inching towards Jamaica on Monday and is expected to move near or over the Caribbean island on Tuesday.

BELMOPAN, Belize - The Senate has referred the motion regarding the highly controversial safe third country agreement to the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee after legislators Tuesday debated the matter.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The leader of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed, Friday said he feared for his life after police officers “in six or seven vehicles and more than 30 gunmen in mask” arrested him outside the office of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is warning of the possibility for catastrophic flooding and landslide impacts particularly in Haiti and Jamaica as a near stationary Tropical Strom Melissa moves closer towards these countries.

UNITED NATIONS – The top United Nations development official in the region says nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth has been wiped out by Hurricane Melissa.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government has confirmed that four people had been killed after Hurricane Melissa, a then category 5 storm tore through the island on Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 180 miles per hour (mph).

NEW YORK, New York – A Caribbean-born immigration attorney is warning that an affidavit of support alone may be insufficient for those applying for permanent residency, commonly known as green card, in the United States.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)  Thursday  withdrew and discontinued tax-related charges against the leader of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is beginning the task of cleaning up on Wednesday after the category 5 hurricane Melissa left several paths of damage in its wake after slowing moving through the Caribbean island with winds in excess of 180 miles per hour (MPH) on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, DC – United States War Secretary, Pete Hegseth, says the commander heading US counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean will retire by year’s end.