PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Criminal gangs in Haiti have openly established their own toll stations to collect money from road users traveling by car or motorcycle, in defiance of police and government authorities, in several parts of in the Caribbean country torn apart by a deep political and humanitarian crisis.

LONDON, UK – Jamaica sprint darling Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the only English-speaking Caribbean national nominated for the 2023 Laureus World Sports award.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The United States has condemned Friday’s attack on the Surinamese National Assembly building and related acts of violence, saying that the incident was an unacceptable assault on democracy. 

NASSAU, Bahamas – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday announced a package of aid to the Caribbean that includes funding to tackle the climate crisis and stem the flow of illicit drugs and guns across borders, continued duty-free access to goods from the region, and security and other assistance specifically for Haiti.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City Mayor Eric Adams says his administration will soon open a sixth Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center to temporarily serve the continued influx of Caribbean and other asylum seekers arriving in New York.

OTTAWA, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will be heading to Nassau, Bahamas, this week,  to  participate as a special guest at this week’s Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM. 

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Premier David Burt has led tributes to Arthur Hodgson, Bermuda’s first black Rhodes Scholar, who later became an attorney, magistrate and a government minister. He was 82 years old.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – CARICOM says it will continue to work with its “long standing partners” as the regional grouping seeks to enhance its economic, social and environmental resilience, and counter inherent vulnerabilities.

Washington, DC - Caribbean American Congresswoman, Stacey E. Plaskett, has been appointed Ranking Member on the Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of the federal government.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced processes through which nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, and their immediate family members, may request to come to the United States in “a safe and orderly way.”

Jamaican born Elsie Foster is the new mayor of the Borough of Highland Park, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was elected during a special Borough Council meeting on Tuesday January 24, 2023.

NEW YORK, New York – Trinidadian-born jurist, Wavny Toussaint, has become the first woman and person of color to serve as a presiding judge as New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Term, Second Department, for the 2nd, 11th and 13th Judicial Districts made history with a bench comprising all women.