Caribbean Life News Headlines Archive for January 28, 2026

Lynette Burnley, aunt of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, lights a candle at an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 22, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian family sues U.S. for boat strike deaths

By Bert Wilkinson

Brooklyn US Representative Hakeem Jeffries.

Politics

Dems want Noem fired, impeached

By Nelson A. King

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime addresses the audience after taking office as the nation's new interim leader, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Nov. 11, 2024.

Haiti

CARICOM blocks ouster

By Bert Wilkinson

New York Attorney General Letitia James walks to the podium during New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's inauguration ceremony in New York City, U.S., Jan. 1, 2026.

AG James targets xAI over troubling Grok content

By Nelson A. King

Jamaica's Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Daryl Vaz.

News

Officials temper oil find excitement in Jamaica

By Bert Wilkinson

A screengrab from a video obtained by Reuters shows a law enforcement officer spraying irritants at a man identified as Alex Pretti, before he was fatally shot when federal agents were trying to detain him in Minneapolis, January 24, 2026.

Opinion

Editorial | A time for serious action to rein in ICE and CBP

By amNewYork

Wind farms at sea.

Guest Perspective

Op-ed | Hochul must not abdicate New York’s climate commitments

By Rabbi Jennie Rosenn

Jamaica's new Ambassador to the United States, retired Major General, Antony Anderson.

Jamaica

Jamaica seeks expanded access to U.S. Work Visa Programs

By Dawn Plummer

Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago competes in the Men's 400m final on day twelve of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on Aug. 7, 2024 in Paris, France.

Sports

Richards edges Lyles to New Balance 300m Indoor victory

By Devika Ragoonanan

The unbranded tools for a cricket player

Sports

Leeward Islands Women win maiden T20 Blaze Title

By Devika Ragoonanan

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