NEW YORK,– Clyde Jones, a prominent, award-winning, Brooklyn, New York-based Barbadian photojournalist, who worked for the Advocate and Nation newspapers in his native land, died on Saturday, his wife, Thelma, confirmed.

 WASHINGTON,  – Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has collaborated with Georgia’s newly-elected Democratic Senator, the Rev. Raphael Warnock, in introducing H.R. 2198/S. 032, a measure previously introduced in the 116th United States Congress by then Senator Kamala Harris and Clarke, to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of late Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm for placement in the US Capitol.

WASHINGTON,  – United States President Joe Biden has invited two Caribbean prime ministers to his “Leaders Summit on Climate” to take place virtually at the White House on April 22 and 23.

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks has lauded the contribution of Ms Patricia Chin and her Husband “Randy” in both the development of Jamaica’s Reggae music genre and its promotion through their business Randy's Record Mart and VP Records.

NEW YORK,  – New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday announced that the ruling she secured striking down the former administration’s attempt to deny food assistance to nearly 700,000 Americans, including Caribbean immigrants, by changing the rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), will continue to have the force and effect of law following the dismissal of the federal government’s appeal from that ruling.

NEW YORK,  – An umbrella immigration policy and advocacy organization in New York has welcomed the passage in the United States House of Representatives two ground-breaking pieces of legislation that would create a path to citizenship for an estimated four million undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants.

MIAMI, CMC -The Archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, has written an open letter appealing to US federal authorities to refrain from deporting Haitians.

In honor of Women’s History Month, the Consulate General of Jamaica, New York (CGNY) has recognized Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, stating that she is among “some remarkable women, who have demonstrated leadership in advancing our sustainable development agenda, as a people and as a nation.”

NEW YORK, CMC – Barbadian-born Justice Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, the first president of the newly-formed Caribbean American Lawyers Association (CALA), has been bestowed the Hon. Theodore “Ted” Jones Lifetime Achievement Award by New York’s Unified Court System’s Committee to Celebrate Black History Month, The Tribune Society, Inc., and the Judicial Friends Association.

The Hon. Mr. Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart OJ, CD, Hon. LLD, has been honored with the Government of Saint Lucia’s third highest honor, the Saint Lucia Cross (SLC) Award. 

 New York/CMM….Team Jamaica Bickle, (TJB) has named Dr. Kristal McGreggor to the Board of Directors of the organization.  She succeeds long-standing member of TJB, Oswald Hancle, who sadly passed away late last year. A former student and athlete of the St. Andrew High School for Girls, where she was a member of the Track and Field team and captain of the Basketball team, Dr. McGreggor’s distinguished journey began at the Bronx Community College.  She then obtained a full athletic scholarship to the illustrious Hampton University.

WASHINGTON DC,  - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks kicked off her town hall style, online meeting with the diaspora on Thursday March 4^th 2021,by assuring Jamaicans that the government is working aggressively to implement all aspects of the Plan Secure Jamaica initiative, aimed at dealing with the crime problem facing the country.