PHILADELPHIA PA - Prime Minister Andrew Holness arrived in Philadelphia in the United States this afternoon, for a number of engagements in that city as well as in New York where he will launch the US leg Jamaica 60 on Sunday.

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands – Acting Premier, Dr Natalio D. Wheatley, says Premier Andrew A. Fahie as well as the managing director of the British Virgin islands (BVI) Ports Authority (BVIPA), Mrs. Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard and her son should be “afforded due process” after they were arrested and charged in the United States on Thursday on drug related charges.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The State University of Haiti (UEH) has condemned the murder of a fifth-year medical student saying that Haiti and the university “are tired of counting corpses in their ranks”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – An explosion at an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in the town of Port Antonio in the eastern parish of Portland on Saturday, is now the subject of a criminal probe.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government Saturday gave a red carpet welcome to two members of the Britain’s royal family, but a small group of protesters registered their objection to the visit and instead called for reparation for African slavery.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada will no longer be among the islands that Prince Edward and Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, will visit on their six-day Queen’s Platinum Jubilee tour, Press Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Philomena Robertson confirmed on Thursday.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James says she has collaborated with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in filing a lawsuit against one of the largest international money transfer providers in the United States, MoneyGram International, Inc. and MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc (MoneyGram) for allegedly repeatedly failing to transmit money to Caribbean and other recipients in a timely manner.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua –Prime Minister Gaston Browne will on Thursday receive the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) prestigious Legacy Award for his leadership, which facilitates nation-building, strengthening regional alliances and creating a legacy that future generations can build on.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados’ relationship with Rwanda was memorialized on Saturday with the planting of pink and yellow Acacia trees in the National Botanical Gardens by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – From Friday, visitors to Jamaica will not be required to present a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter the country, according to a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).

Caribbean American New York City Public Advocate, Jumaane Williams, a candidate for Governor of New York in June’s Democratic Primary, on Tuesday strongly criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul after she accepted the resignation of Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin on indictment of bribery and related offenses.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it has not received any official communication from Britain regarding happened two yachts docked here which international media outlets claim belong to Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of the English football club, Chelsea.