BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A few hours after the island became the newest republic in the English-speaking Caribbean, Barbados Tuesday is bestowing honors on 87 of its nationals as the island also observes its 55^th anniversary of political independence from Britain.

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean American New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on Saturday condemned the verdict after a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty in the shooting deaths of two people during protests there last year.

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean American New York City Public Advocate, Jumaane D. Williams, has officially announced his candidacy for Governor of New York State.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness says there will be a comprehensive review of Jamaica’s Constitution next year after indicating that the coronavirus (COVID-29) pandemic that has exposed gaps in the law and these must be rectified.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts –St. Kitts-Nevis has opened an embassy in Abu Dhabi with Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris saying that it will help in the strengthening of the relationship between the Caribbean country and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

KINGSTON, Jamaica – National Security Minister Matthew Samuda says the Government is committed to continuously strengthening legislation to tackle the scourge of human trafficking in Jamaica.

NEW YORK, New York – Two Caribbean American legislators here on Wednesday welcomed the guilty verdict in Brunswick, Georgia of three White men who pursued and fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana –Former attorney general Basil Williams, is among a list of persons vying for the leadership of the opposition People’s National Congress (PNC), the largest party in the coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – As Caribbean leaders toil to revive the region’s economy following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Leader of the Opposition and President of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is urging his fellow citizens, along with the rest of the Caribbean, to demand higher standards of democracy and sound governance. 

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenadian legislators are soon to debate legislation seeking to decriminalize the use of marijuana as well as allowing for anyone over the age of 18 to have no more than 28 grammes of the drug in their possession for personal use.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –The Barbados government says it has established what is being referred to as the world’s first metaverse or digital embassy.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –The United States assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Todd D. Robinson, says while the international community will seek to assist Haiti resolve its security problems, in the end it is up to Haitians themselves to deal with the situation in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.