KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica recorded more than 1,000 murders during the first 10 months of this year, according to figures released here by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica says without a doubt, disaster recovery can be a long and difficult road, particularly for developing countries like those in the Caribbean, as the region prepares to host the VII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP21).

SANTIAGO, Chile –Ministers of Women’s Affairs and other delegates attending the 61^st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean have made an urgent call for investing in the region’s “care economy.”

Washington, D.C. - The Washington-based Institute of Caribbean Studies has issued the following statement, eulogizing the late former US Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin L. Powell:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – US President Joe Biden has signed into law the Havana Act that would compensate Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers, Department of State diplomats and other US federal officials who have sustained mysterious, traumatic neurological injuries that the intelligence community is yet to figure out.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Vulnerable Haitian men, women and children on the move in the Americas, should not be expelled from countries where they have found shelter, UN agencies said in a protection appeal on Thursday.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he has “deposited…a floral offering” at a ceremony marking the 125^th anniversary of the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, even as video recordings emerged showing that Henry and other government ministers were forced to retreat after they came under gunfire from a gang on Sunday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados and Kenya have signed three major agreements, including two related to air travel and trade between the two countries.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica Monday began three days of national mourning for its first prime minister, Patrick Roland John, who died on July 6. He was 84 years old.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – There will be no military parade on October 27 to mark the 42nd anniversary of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ political independence from Britain, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves announced in Parliament on Wednesday.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government, acknowledging that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic “is far from over” says it has initiated a second stimulus package that will benefit a wide cross-section of the population, particularly those who are most vulnerable.

UNITED NATIONS – As thousands of Haitian migrants are being deported from the United States southern border in Texas, Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry says that as long as there is inequality, migration will continue.