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Haitian President of the Presidential Transition Council Leslie Voltaire attends the inauguration ceremony of the members of new Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime's cabinet, at the Villa D'acceuille in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 16, 2024.

Haiti

Haitian president demands reparations from France

By Bert Wilkinson

During an end of year press conference by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, it was disclosed that the King Charles Foundation UK, will partner with Georgetown to restore the city. Pictured from left are, Chief Planning Officer, Roger Rogers, Minister within the Ministry Anand Persaud, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Sonia Parag, and another official of the ministry.

Guyana

Georgetown municipality blamed for garbage pileup

By Tangerine Clarke

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Stuart Young.

Trinidad & Tobago

Change in PNM headship

By Bert Wilkinson

COP26 in Glasgow

Barbados

PM Mottley pays tribute to Olympian Louis following his death

By Devika Ragoonanan

Military members stand near the body of Suriname ex-President Desi Bouterse, at his funeral in Paramaribo, Suriname, January 4, 2025.

Suriname

Former military strongman Desi Bouterse laid to rest in Suriname

By Bert Wilkinson

Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, speaks onstage during the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 24, 2024 in New York City.

Grenada

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Trinidad and Tobago Chief Justice Ivor Archie.

St Kitts and Nevis

T&T prosecutors boycott court following the assassination of colleague

By Bert Wilkinson

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Jamaica

Real estate scams on the rise in Jamaica

By Dawn Plummer

Suriname former President Desi Bouterse leaves the High Court of Justice for his appeal case against the Court Martial sentence of 20-year jail for his involvement in the murder of 15 people when he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo on March 31, 2023.

Suriname

Bouterse’s death sparks major row in Suriname

By Bert Wilkinson

Keith Rowley, Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, speaks during a plenary session of the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2022.

St Kitts and Nevis

Violent crime spirals

By Bert Wilkinson

President of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali, First Lady Ayra Ali, and sons, Sayd and Llan welcomed the Guyanese to the joyous celebration of Christmas Eve with music, song, and dance. The Frist Family, seventh and eighth from left, waved their arms to the music. Further left are Ministers Kwame McCoy, Charles Ramson Jr., Juan Edghill, Oneidge Walron, Mrs. Phillips (partly hidden, and Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Phillips.

Guyana

Guyana President Irfaan Ali says love can foster unity, nurture compassion

By Tangerine Clarke

Olive Rowe states, "everything is gone, everything is gone," as she stands in her home that was destroyed when Hurricane Beryl passed through the area on July 05, 2024 in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica.

Dominica

Year In Review 2024

By Bert Wilkinson

Colorized illustration (after an engraving dated circa 1821) depicts English General Thomas Maitland (1760 - 1824) (third left) and Haitian military leader and revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743 - 1803) (second right) as they sign a treaty, March 30, 1798.

Haiti

Republic of Haiti marks 221 independent years Jan. 1.

By Vinette K. Pryce

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados speaks at the Global Renewables Summit, co-hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Global Renewables Alliance on September 24, 2024 in New York City.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Suriname former President Desi Bouterse leaves the High Court of Justice for his appeal case against the Court Martial sentence of 20-year jail for his involvement in the murder of 15 people when he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo on March 31, 2023.

Suriname

Excessive drinking killed Bouterse

By Bert Wilkinson

Suriname's former President Desi Bouterse (C) and his wife Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring attend a rally at his NDP party centre, where he asked supporters to calmly wait for the High Court of Justice verdict in his appeals case against the Court Martial, in Paramaribo, on Dec. 16, 2023. The prosecution repeated the demand for 20-years jail time for his involvement in the murder of 15 people when he ruled in 1982 during his military government.

Barbados

Major probe into details of former dictator’s death

By Bert Wilkinson

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Tenants and members of Bronx Defenders, Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA), New Settlement, Bronx Leadership Organizing Center, Met Council on Housing, PSC-CUNY and NYC-DSA rally outside of Hostos Community College ahead of the Bronx Rent Guidelines Board meeting.

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Matthew Rodriguez of Levittown, Long Island was tracked down in Virginia, where he had been a fugitive since shooting a 15-year-old boy on an A train in Ozone Park.

Long Islander held without bail for allegedly shooting a 15-year-old boy on a crowded A train in Ozone Park in April before fleeing the state: DA

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