Nancy Metayer Bowen, the first Black and Haitian-American woman ever to serve on the Coral Springs City Commission, won another term in political office.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday said the passage of the legislation affirming the steelpan as the national instrument of the country marks a significant milestone for the steelpan movement.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Mark Golding Sunday announced that he would be revoking his British citizenship after indicating that he is doing so after taking into consideration the views of the public on the issue.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has become the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to abolish preliminary inquiries allowing for the implementation of paper committals.

UNITED NATIONS – Prime Minister Garry Conille says that Haiti is at a “critical point” as he informed the United Nations Security Council of the first batch of the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission that has been deployed on the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country late last month.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness says  the deployment of local troops to Haiti is contingent on the finalization of critical resourcing and is awaiting confirmation on funding and other agreements in furtherance of the mission.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Electoral Reform Coalition (ERC) is calling for a jail term of no less than two years for anyone convicted of bribery or treating in order to secure the vote of anyone during a general election in Dominica.

NASSAU, Bahamas - Prime Minister Phillip Davis  says he remains “genuinely excited” about the future relationship with the United States that is celebrating its 248 year of a “successful and thriving democracy” later this week.

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke and immigration advocates in New York on Friday welcomed the Biden administration’s extension and redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months.

Watching his district get trapped into a cycle of poverty while other areas are experiencing economic resiliency, Miami-Dade County Commission Kionne McGhee is taking charge to lead the underserved area to prosperity.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Mark Golding says he does not want his decision to revoke his British citizenship to be used “as a distraction by an unpopular government that has lost the trust and confidence of a majority of the Jamaican people”.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Second and third-generation Saint Lucian descendants born overseas now have a clear path to acquiring Saint Lucian citizenship.