GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The leader of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed, Friday said he feared for his life after police officers “in six or seven vehicles and more than 30 gunmen in mask” arrested him outside the office of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is warning of the possibility for catastrophic flooding and landslide impacts particularly in Haiti and Jamaica as a near stationary Tropical Strom Melissa moves closer towards these countries.

WASHINGTON, DC –  The United States has warned countries, including those in the Caribbean that vote later this month in support of measures being pushed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on whether or not to support  a Net-Zero Shipping Framework (NZF) aimed at reducing emissions in the maritime sector.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government has confirmed that four people had been killed after Hurricane Melissa, a then category 5 storm tore through the island on Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 180 miles per hour (mph).

NEW YORK, New York – A Caribbean-born immigration attorney is warning that an affidavit of support alone may be insufficient for those applying for permanent residency, commonly known as green card, in the United States.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United States has delivered 20 armored vehicles to Haiti’s new Gang Suppression Force (GSF), marking the first shipment of equipment to the 5,500-member UN-backed mission tasked with curbing the country’s gang violence.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is beginning the task of cleaning up on Wednesday after the category 5 hurricane Melissa left several paths of damage in its wake after slowing moving through the Caribbean island with winds in excess of 180 miles per hour (MPH) on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, DC – United States War Secretary, Pete Hegseth, says the commander heading US counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean will retire by year’s end.

WASHINGTON, DC – Senior Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives have written to President Donald Trump demanding the list of designated terrorist organizations (DTOs) provide evidence for recent military strikes in the Caribbean Sea.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Hurricane Melissa, a category 5 storm with winds in excess of 160 miles per hour (mph), is inching towards Jamaica on Monday and is expected to move near or over the Caribbean island on Tuesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The secretary of the non-governmental organization, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea, Gary Aboud, Thursday confirmed that two Trinidad and Tobago nationals  were among the six people killed following the latest United States military airstrike on a small vessel in international waters near the  coast of Venezuela earlier this week.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The leader of the recently formed We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed, says he will not be silenced and accused the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) of delaying the opening of the new parliament following the September 1 general and regional elections.