NEW YORK, New York – As the United States on Saturday commemorates the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, a Dominican family is reflecting on one of its members who perished in the attack on that fatal day.
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NEW YORK, New York –Caribbean American New York State Senator, Brian Benjamin, has been sworn in as New York’s next Lieutenant Governor, less than a month after Governor Kathy Hochul announced his selection for the post.
WASHINGTON DC, - Hundreds of Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica gathered on Saturday September 4, in Paterson New Jersey to witness the renaming of one of the major streets in that City in honor of the outstanding contribution that Jamaica and Jamaicans have made to the city of Paterson.
NEW YORK, New York – Grenadian-American New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has described as “deeply unsettling” the significant undercount of COVID-19 deaths in New York State.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Health officials are now in a position to fully vaccinate another 15,000 of its citizens against COVID-19, following a donation of 30,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine by the Government of Canada.
NEW YORK, New York– The newly-installed New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, has named Caribbean American New York State Senator, Brian Benjamin, for the position of Lieutenant Governor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and the Manhattan, New York-based Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) on Wednesday celebrated the return of US Navy veteran Howard Bailey, who reunited with his family the day before in Virginia after a decade of living in exile in his native Jamaica following what the groups say was his “unjust deportation.”
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –Haiti would need an estimated US$1.2 billion to deal with the initial damage caused by the August 14 earthquake according to an initial impact assessment report discussed Monday during a technical steering committee meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
MIAMI, Florida– United States Ambassador to Haiti Michele Sison says the Joseph Biden administration is leading the “whole of government” response efforts in the wake of the devastating, 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck southwestern Haiti on August 14.
UNITED NATIONS – Four days after a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit south-western Haiti, the level of destruction and desperation is becoming increasingly evident, the United Nations said on Wednesday, noting that the death toll has surged to nearly 2 000.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – A re-organized Tropical Storm Grace was heading towards Haiti on Tuesday dumping up to 10 inches of rain on the earthquake battered country where the death toll has so far climbed to 1, 419 with 6,000 others injured and unknown number still missing and feared dead.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Officials on Sunday reported that the death toll from Saturday morning’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake had more than doubled, reaching 724, amid concerns that an approaching tropical storm could complicate ongoing rescue efforts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Wednesday announced the shipment of more than 836,000 does of the Pfizer vaccine to six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, as part of its commitment to provide “safe and effective vaccines to as many people around the world as fast as possible”
