PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad slowly returned to normal activities on Thursday after an electricity blackout lasting more than 12 hours severely disrupted life, causing water shortages, traffic gridlock, early closure of businesses and inconveniencing users of mobile and land telecommunication devices.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Haitian legislator, John Joel Joseph along with his wife, Edume, and their two children are due to return to court on March 3 on charges of illegally entering the country amid media reports that they are also seeking asylum here.

NEW YORK, New York – Jamaicans residing in the United States are calling on their government to follow the example of Barbados and confer national hero status on the legendary reggae singer, bob Marley, whose 77^th birthday was celebrated on February 6.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The son of the assassinated President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, is predicting that the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country will go through “another five years without a new democratically elected president”.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States Senate Majority Leader Charles “Chuck” Schumer” has introduced Jamaican-born New York City Assemblyman, Nick Perry, to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee as the nominee for US Ambassador to Jamaica.

NEW YORK, New York – A United States congresswoman and activist legislator in New York has passed a bill through the US House of Representatives to support debt relief for Caribbean and other developing countries.

NEW YORK, NY - Murdered Caribbean immigrant New York City Police Officer, Wilbert Mora, was funeralized yesterday after a huge moving funeral service as St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's former president is questioning the “deafening silence” of Latin America and Caribbean leaders to the situation in Ukraine where Russian troops have been gathering on the border of the European country, amid fears of a possible invasion.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Caribbean American jurist has emerged among the top contenders for nomination to the United States Supreme Court.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –Prime Minister Ariel Henry promising to do “everything in my power” to bring to justice those responsible for the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July last year, has also indicated “there will not be a new president on February 7”.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The distinguished Barbadian technocrat Dr. Jean Holder, well known throughout the region for his pioneering work in tourism and diplomacy has died. He was 85.

NEW YORK, New York– Caribbean American New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has expressed deep concern over the shooting of two officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) in Harlem, New York on Friday night.