Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representatives to the Organization of American States, (OAS) HE. Audrey Marks has announced the reopening of the Offices of the Jamaican Embassy located at 1520 New Hampshire Avenue in Washington DC.
Jamaica’s Consul General R. Oliver Mair,has extended congratulations to Justice Jewel C. Scott describing her as a trailblazer throughout her distinguished career in the legal profession. Speaking about her noteworthy accomplishments, he said “you are blazing a path for others to follow”.
NEW YORK– New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a coalition of 14 attorneys general trying to halt the arrest of Caribbean and other foreign nationals in and around state courthouses in the United States without a judicial warrant or court order.
The government of Cuba is complaining about lack of action by the United States following what it called a terrorist attack on its embassy in the U.S. capital.
The Jamaica Northeast Diaspora, USA, will celebrate 2020 Diaspora Week, beginning June 14-20 and featuring over 10 events organized virtually in partnership with Diaspora focused organizations and individuals.
Immigration authorities in the United States did an abrupt about-face last month, backing off deporting several Caribbean nationals infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The United States government is scrambling to free thousands of non-violent inmates, in a bid to slow the coronavirus spread in prisons, but there will be no quick release for more than a dozen Caribbean nationals on Death Row.
The killing of unarmed black American George Floyd sparked outrage and violent clashes between law enforcement and protesters across the United States last month.
Two judges of Caribbean heritage have been named to fill vacancies on the Florida Supreme Court.
NEW YORK – Haitian American legislator Rodneyse Bichotte late last month reintroduced a bill in the New York State Assembly she says will help prevent racial profiling by increasing data collection and reporting standards.
NEW YORK – A United States lawmaker has strongly urged his government not to interfere in Guyana’s Mar. 2 election results, the votes for which were still being counted at the end of last month.
A United States-born physician, who was raised in the Caribbean, is among front line workers who have succumbed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
It is with pleasure that I offer my heartiest congratulations to you, Judge Francis, on your recent historic elevation to the hallowed halls of the Florida Supreme Court.
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