ORLANDO, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Val Demings (FL-10), Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, joined 55 of her colleagues to call on the Biden Administration to immediately halt deportations to Haiti and take urgent action to address the concerns of the Haitian Diaspora after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti last month. The lawmakers’ letter follows the Administration’s resumption of deportation flights to Haiti and as thousands of Haitian migrants continue to await an opportunity to make an asylum claim at the border.

Miami, FL –“Today, the Office of State Representative Kevin Chamblissis proud to announce that it has reintroduced a bipartisan bill that seeks to change the occupational licensing application process. This is the first bill that the office has filed this session. The bill revises the period of time when conviction, or any other adjudication, for crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure in specified professions; provides exception; removes provision requiring “good moral character” for licensure of such professions; and requires the applicable board to approve certain education program credits offered to inmates in certain correctional institutions or facilities to satisfy training requirements for licensure in specified professions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke on Friday strongly condemns what she described as “dangerous” the United States Supreme Court’s decision to block Texas’s anti-abortion law. 

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - His Excellency Dr. K. J. Srinivasa, High Commissioner of the Republic of India to St. Kitts and Nevis, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris earlier today (Friday, September 17) as part of his official visit to the Federation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Organization of American States (OAS) says it will deploy an Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to observe the general elections in the Bahamas scheduled for September 16. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has defended his government’s vaccination or test policy, saying it is aimed at creating a safe work environment, even as unions approach the High Court to challenge the measures.

NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Bahamas is on the verge of launching two new digital services that will move its Industrial Tribunal towards a fully digitized court management system.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government Wednesday said it “firmly rejects” an agreement signed between the Venezuela government and an opposition party in the South American country formally agreeing to unite on the question of the longstanding claim to the ownership of a large swath of Guyana.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago is celebrating its 59^th anniversary of political independence from Britain on Tuesday without the traditional military parade and other public activities but with contrasting messages from the two main political leaders in the oil rich twin island republic.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s chaotic political environment took another turn on Tuesday after the country’s chief prosecutor asked a judge investigating the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moise to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry with involvement in the case over alleged phone calls he made to the main suspect.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government Monday defended its decision to extend coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine requirements for the public access to privately-owned facilities, saying it is being driven by the need to ensure public safety.

NASSAU, Bahamas – At least none affiliated members of the National Congress of Trade Unions Bahamas (NCTUB) have distanced themselves from a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between their president Bernard Evans and the main opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) ahead of the September 16 general election.