BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The World Food Program (WFP) on Wednesday broke ground at the site of its Caribbean Regional Logistics Hub and Center of Excellence which will serve as an important launching point within the Caribbean when disasters hit.

WASHINGTON, DC – The World Bank Group (WBG) on Wednesday announced details of its global crisis response package to help Caribbean and other developing countries navigate multiple, compounding crises that are hitting the poor and most vulnerable the hardest.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness is encouraging Jamaicans to reflect on what has been gained since the country earned its freedom,  In his Emancipation Day message for 2022, Holness said that although Jamaica is experiencing tremendous hardship at this time, the country has also made outstanding progress. That progress he expressed was directly linked to the struggles the nation has undergone.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – President Chandrikapersad Santokhi says the issue of land rights remains a top priority for his administration even as indigenous people say they have been waiting for a very long time for recognition and intend to increase the pressure on the government to do so.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) says at least 94 residents were killed, more than 120 were injured by gunfire and 12 others disappeared in less than three weeks of fighting between rival gangs in the north and west of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.

WASHINGTON, DC - Jamaicans throughout the United States, including in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, California, Seattle, Illinois and New York, are set to celebrate “Jamaica 60” with a range of activities beginning in July.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government will host a week-long national memorial with various activities to honor the victims of Hurricane Dorian that hit the archipelago on September 1, 2019, as a Category 5 hurricane killing at least 74 people and leaving many others missing and presumed dead.

Focused on the rallying around “Re-igniting a Nation for Greatness,” Jamaicans came together in the Washington DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) metropolitan region on Sunday to mark their island nation’s Diamond Jubilee with a special Church Service of Thanksgiving, also celebrating 184 years of Emancipation, as Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness called them “crucial partners and drivers of Jamaica’s economic development.”

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations humanitarian agencies have started delivering aid directly to people in Haiti following a recent spike in violence between rival gangs that has fueled a worsening crisis across the capital, Port-au-Prince.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The Mustique Charitable Trusts (MCT) says it will provide EC$4.02 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) for the construction of the houses in North Windward for people affected by the eruption of La Soufriere volcano in April 2021.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad –Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has called for an “overall understanding of the African condition” urging nationals to go to beyond the celebrations of Emancipation Day to reflect on the various issues confronting Trinidad and Tobago.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The waiting period for a non-national to be granted Belongership status on this British Overseas territory, will be cut in half.