GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government has warned persons caught with forged coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination cards that they will face the full force of the law as it rolled out the immunization campaign for children ages 12 to 17.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – A human rights group is warning that several suspects held in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise at his private residence on July 7, could be released because of a number of legal violations.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Friday called on the global community to respond “swiftly and meaningfully” to the situation in Haiti, where an earthquake last Saturday killed more 2, 100 people, injuring thousands and several others missing and feared dead.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government has announced seven no movement days in the country in a bid to curb the latest surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases here.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The former chairman and publisher of the Jamaica Observer newspaper, Gordon “Butch” Stewart, was inducted into Caribbean Media Hall of Fame, during the virtual ceremony marking the 52nd Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) on Monday night.

NEW YORK, New York – A Brooklyn, New York-based umbrella organization calling itself Guyanese Organizations Against Racism (GOAR), which comprises 25 groups in the New York tri-state area, says it will on Sunday host a massive march and rally in Brooklyn against alleged racism in Guyana.

BOGOTA, Colombia, – Less than a week after Colombia publicly called on Haitian authorities to ensure guaranteed legal and medical rights of their nationals detained in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7, a Colombian official has been allowed to visit the detainees in prison.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –The Jamaica government has announced revised coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols as the island moves to curb an upsurge in cases in recent days.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Monday described Sir Lester Bird as a “great son of the soil” as he led the country in mourning the death of the island’s second prime minister.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves remained hospitalized on Thursday night after he was struck with an object during protest earlier during the day as supporters of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) and two public sector unions took to the streets to condemn proposed changes to the Public Health Act.

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia has called on Haiti to ensure that the former Colombian soldiers detained in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise on July 7 be guaranteed legal and medical rights.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tragedy and triumph is a recurring theme in the history of Haiti, the world’s first Black Republic. It was a horrific tragedy that Africans were enslaved via the Europe slave trade and forcibly relocated to Ayiti to be the forced free labor for what would become the richest colony in the Caribbean.