NEW YORK, New York – Police in New York are still looking for a man who fatally shot a young Jamaican national at a Dunkin Donuts restaurant in the Bronx last Friday allegedly over an argument he had with the assailant’s girlfriend about social distancing.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – The Bermuda Red Cross says an appeal for help for Ukrainians, whose homeland has been invaded by Russia, has already passed its US$100,000 target.

SAN PEDRO, Belize – Member countries of the Barbados Regional Security System (RSS) have agreed to sign a protocol to the treaty that established the RSS to allow Guyana membership, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that all measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) – including curfews and gathering limits,  will be withdrawn on Friday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Daryl Vaz, has sought to re-assure Jamaicans that the country’s fuel arrangements are not in jeopardy, despite the instability in Eastern Europe.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says the Government of Israel, through its Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the National Cyber Directorate (INCD), has joined the IDB to establish a new cybersecurity initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti– Haiti is gearing for a shutdown of the public transportation system on Thursday after bus owners called on the government to do more to prevent their vehicles from being robbed by armed gangs.

NEW YORK, New York – A Jamaican national has been arraigned on charges of first-degree murder and robbery for killing a Puerto Rican-born employee at a Burger King restaurant in East Harlem in January. 

BELMOPAN, Belize –Police Commissioner, Chester Williams, has confirmed that spikes had been laid across the roads to prevent law enforcement officials intercepting at least two planes carrying illegal drugs into Belize this week.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Officials in this British Overseas Territory said on Sunday that Bermuda-registered planes leased to Russian airlines have had their airworthiness certificates suspended.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Twenty Jamaican students arrived safely at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Wednesday evening from Ukraine, after the government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, arranged their journey home from war-torn Ukraine.

PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti – Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry has led the tributes to renowned American doctor and philanthropist, Paul Farmer,  the co-founder of the non-government organization, “Partners in Health – Zanmi lasante,” who died in Rwanda on Monday night. He was 62 years old.