NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James says she is continuing to lead the fight to protect hundreds of thousands of Caribbean and other Dreamers across New York and the rest of the United States.  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The remaining 12 missionaries held hostage since October have been released exactly two months after they were kidnapped, Christian Aid Ministries, the US-based religious group the abductees worked with, reported on Thursday.

NEW YORK, New York – Sylvia Ash, a Trinidad and Tobago-born justice of the New York State Supreme Court and former chair of the Board of Directors of Municipal Credit Union (MCU) in New York, faces a lengthy jail term after she was convicted on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice and making a false statement to a US federal agent.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City Council has passed legislation expanding the right to vote in municipal elections to an estimated 900,000 non-citizen New Yorkers, including Caribbean nationals, with legal permanent residence status or other valid work authorization.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The US-based Christian Aid Ministries said Monday the criminal gang holding a group of United States and Canadian missionaries since October, released three of the hostages on Sunday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has requested an urgent report on the recent incident that led to the arrest of a retired police officer, Cameron Hinds, who was found with a gun and rounds of ammunition when he landed at the Miami International Airport after arriving on a flight from the Grantley Adams International Airport.

Fort-de-France, Martinique - Empty grocery shelves at supermarkets in Martinique is now part of the new reality as a general strike and protests sparked by mandated French COVID-19 vaccine measures drag on.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados Tuesday became the fourth English-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and sworn in Dame Sandra Mason as the island’s first President with a 21-gun salute.

PARIS, France (Reuters) – France is willing to discuss autonomy for the French Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe if it is in the interests of the people who live there, government minister Sebastien Lecornu says.

PARIS, France (Reuters) – Authorities on the Caribbean island of Martinique ordered a curfew on Thursday after protesters looted shops and set up burning barricades as demonstrations against COVID-19 protocols spread across France’s overseas’ territories.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Sir James Mitchell, the second Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, died on Tuesday, his family has confirmed. He was 90 years old.

NEW YORK, New York – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the company that oversees the running of trains and buses in New York, has formally renamed the Newkirk Avenue subway station in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in honor of Haitian immigrants.