PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Candace Bon says Washington has pumped in excess of US$800 million to reduce illegal arms trafficking and increase public security in the region.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has paid tribute to the United States civil rights activist and humanitarian, Harry Belafonte, who died of congestive heart failure at his New York home on Tuesday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Immigration officials in the United States have refused to give an explanation after a mobile phone belonging to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mae Toussaint Jr.- Thomas, who was traveling through the United States en route to China. 

BALTIMORE, Maryland - Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has lashed out at the concept of democracy as practiced through the self-serving prism of the West, “where the litmus test of a democratic society is determined by whether the leader, who is chosen in free and fair elections, is acceptable to Western eyes or subscribes to the precepts of a capitalist state.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – CARICOM leaders ended a two-day regional symposium on violence as a public health issue, declaring a war on guns to combat the illegal trade which they said “provides the weapons that contribute significantly to crime and violence in our region”

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of State says the Biden administration has resumed talks with Cuban officials on the implementation of the US-Cuba Migration Accords.

FLORIDA – Two Trinidadians were among three men who admitted to their roles in a Caribbean arms trafficking ring.

MIAMI, Florida – A Miami court has awarded the Trinidad and Tobago government US$132 million two weeks after a jury here found Trinidadian businessman Steve Ferguson and a former government minister liable for multiple claims arising from the redevelopment of the Piarco International Airport in the oil-rich twin island Republic dating back to more than 20 years ago.

WASHINGTON, DC - The United States says it has imposed visa and financial sanctions on the former president of the Haitian Chamber of Deputies, Gary Bodeau, for his alleged involvement in corruption.

OTTAWA, Canada - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Barbados counterpart, Mia Mottley have agreed to “continue to work closely together,” on a number of global issues, including the ongoing political, socio-economic situation in Haiti.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) says a new UN-backed network aims to drive action to save migrant lives in the Americas, including the Caribbean. 

MIAMI, FL – Former attorney general, Faris Al Rawi, has described as a “victory for the people of Trinidad and Tobago” after a jury in the US found Trinidadian businessman Steve Ferguson and a former government minister liable for multiple claims arising from the redevelopment of the Piarco International Airport in Trinidad and Tobago dating back to more than 20 years ago.