BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados’ relationship with Rwanda was memorialized on Saturday with the planting of pink and yellow Acacia trees in the National Botanical Gardens by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame. 

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke and the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) have welcomed the Biden administration’s termination of a Trump-era coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic policy that denied refugees the right to seek asylum.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government says it is satisfied that approximately 30 Haitians, who arrived here last month were not being held against their will or in substandard accommodation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – From Friday, visitors to Jamaica will not be required to present a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter the country, according to a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).

Kingston, Jamaica - Jamaican business leader and senator, Don Wehby, Group CEO of GraceKennedy, one of the Caribbean’s largest conglomerates with operations spanning Jamaica, several other Caribbean islands, North and Central America, the United Kingdom and several European countries, along with three of the Caribbean region’s Heads of State, are among a group of eight distinguished recipients of the 25th Anniversary Awards of the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI).

HAMILTON, Bermuda — The House of Assembly has again passed controversial legislation making it legal to grow and sell cannabis in Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory, but it remains to be seen whether the Governor gives it the royal assent.

Caribbean American New York City Public Advocate, Jumaane Williams, a candidate for Governor of New York in June’s Democratic Primary, on Tuesday strongly criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul after she accepted the resignation of Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin on indictment of bribery and related offenses.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Police are investigating the attempted murder of Arnel Bélizaire, the former deputy of Tabarre, an urban commune located in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, who was shot on Wednesday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Britain’s Prince William on Wednesday night expressed his “profound sorrow” for slavery, as he dined with Jamaican officials on the penultimate day of his three-day official visit to the island.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it has not received any official communication from Britain regarding happened two yachts docked here which international media outlets claim belong to Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of the English football club, Chelsea.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC), the sole supplier of electricity here, has warned consumers to brace for increased charges for the commodity as it blamed the ongoing war in Ukraine for affecting the price and availability of fuel around the world.

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Ten mega yachts registered in this British Overseas Territory (BOT) are “widely known” to be associated with high-profile Russian oligarchs, including the owner of English football club Chelsea, Roman Abramovich.