BROWARD COUNTY, FL- The creation of a Broward County Police and Criminal Justice Review Board will be under consideration when County Commissioners meet on Thursday, September 10th, beginning at 10AM.  

NEW YORK – Former Barbados government minister Donville Inniss will be sentenced on Nov. 11 in the United States after he lost an appeal against his conviction on a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering and two counts of substantive money laundering.

MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Commission Chairwoman Audrey M. Edmonson on Aug. 3 accepted a donation of 20,000 PPE face masks for distribution in the community from the Taipei Cultural and Economic Office (TECO) in Miami, which represents the interests of Taiwan and is Taiwan’s de facto Consulate General in Miami.

Plantation, Florida: South Florida and the Caribbean diaspora are gearing up for the opening of the Island SPACE Caribbean Museum, the new site of archives, events, resources, and information that tells the comprehensive story of Caribbean and Caribbean-American societies.  The venue is centrally located in the heart of Broward County at the Westfield Broward Mall, and is set to open during the fourth quarter of 2020. Visitors, partners, and students will enjoy interactive exhibits, informative tours, research facilities, and cultural events in the 1500 square foot museum of history, and the 800 square foot art gallery and event space. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur, and the longest serving head of government for the Caribbean nation, died on July 27.

MIRAMAR, FL – The City of Miramar has announced the untimely passing of longtime City employee, John Kee late Tuesday. John was a former professional basketball player and was hired as the City's first Athletic Coordinator in 2004. At the time of his passing, John served as Parks and Recreation Administrator.

MIAMI-DADE – The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration is partnering with the South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC) to oversee and administer a new $5.9 million CARES Act Business Revolving Loan Fund program that will alleviate sudden and severe economic dislocation caused by the coronavirus in Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.  Designated a U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development District in 1994, the SFRPC welcomes this new program into its lending portfolio as it continues to expand its economic development activities. 

Herman Cain, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, has died from coronavirus.

MIAMI-DADE – In an effort to assist the community with COVID-19 relief services, and to assure that community organizations can perform these critical duties, County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava today recognized and provided financial support to a select group of local nonprofits.

U.S. attorneys general fight push to exclude Caribbean immigrants from census

Bernell Trammell, a local personality of Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood who was known for his political activism and religious proselytizing, was shot and killed in broad daylight. 

MIAMI-DADE – The reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators of Saturday’s drive-by shooting in Brownsville that killed 7-year-old Alana Washington could rise to as high as $47,500 after Mayor Carlos Gimenez and several County Commissioners followed Chairwoman Audrey Edmonson’s lead by pledging to contribute toward the reward, which currently stands at $15,000 – including $5,000 each from Crime Stoppers, Miami-Dade Police and Chairwoman Edmonson.