Caribbean gangs setting up ‘franchises’ across the region. The regional task force investigating drugs, guns and people trafficking says Caribbean cartels are using music promoters and performers as a front for organized crime. Lieutenant Colonel Michael Jones, head of the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security, says powerful regional gangs are also setting up ‘franchises’ in smaller islands. He […More]
Immigration advocates decry the new US rule on Caribbean asylum seekers. Immigration advocates in the United States have condemned a proposed new rule that they say will significantly impact Caribbean and other asylum seekers. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would allow statutory bars to asylum to be applied much earlier in the process. It said, US federal law bars individuals […More]
US again to veto UN General Assembly membership for Palestine. The United States will again block attempts to grant Palestinians increased rights in the United Nations General Assembly despite expectations of a large majority in favor in a vote to be taken in New York on Friday. Nate Evans, spokesman for the US Mission to the UN, indicated that the […More]
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid. The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The 193-member world body approved the Arab […More]
Members of the US Delaware National Guard are currently in Trinidad and Tobago conducting training exercises with the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force and Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and other agents of the National Security Ministry as part of a knowledge exchange partnership. In a series of updates the Delaware National Guard shared photos of the exercises of […More]
Trinidad and Tobago’s women’s 4x100m relay team and men’s 4x400m team have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The national women’s team of Taeja Badal, Reece Webster, Reyare Thomas, and Leah Bertrand clocked 43.54 seconds at the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas to finish second on Heat 2 in the second round of Olympic qualifying. The men’s 4x400m team […More]
Tobago-born man pilots United flight with mom onboard. Florida-based pilot Jerome Lawrence moved passengers to tears aboard a recent United flight from Houston to Port of Spain when he shared his dream of flying his parents. The Tobago-born pilot surprised his mother, who was onboard the flight in first-class, when he announced to passengers that he’d accomplished that mission. Sadly, […More]
Gov’t facing huge legal bill following Privy Council ruling in Kartel appeal. The News has been informed that the government is facing a multi-million-dollar legal bill following last month’s decision of the UK-based Privy Council to overturn the murder convictions of incarcerated entertainer Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused. In its Final Order submitted to the local authorities, two weeks […More]
Holness holds a slight lead over Golding in the latest poll. Two months after a strong showing in the local government elections in which the opposition People’s National Party [PNP] pulled out more votes than in the 2020 general election, its president, Opposition Leader Mark Golding, still trails Prime Minister Andrew Holness by three points in favorability ratings. This has […More]
Haiti PM Henry resigns as presidential council sworn in. Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as a new nine-member presidential transitional council was sworn in to lead the country gripped by deadly gang violence. A recent outbreak of violence forced officials to move the ceremony from the capital’s National Palace to the outgoing prime minister’s office. Mr. Henry […More]
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