Former Jamaican PM: US strikes on vessels in Caribbean Dangerous and horrible
Kingston (The Gleaner) Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is describing the United States drone attacks on vessels in Caribbean waters as “fundamentally dangerous and a horrible erosion of regional leaders’ commitment to sovereignty in the region”.
Trump’s Big Beautiful law bars legal permanent residents, from medical benefits
Kingston (The Gleaner): The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, passed recently by the US Congress and signed into law on July 4 by President Donald Trump, bars Medicaid services to most non-citizens.
Jamaica deploying fresh troops to Haiti
Kingston (The Gleaner): A 21-member CARICOM Joint Task Force-Haiti (CJTF-H) relief team comprising members of Jamaica’s security forces will be deployed to Haiti to support the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission there, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has announced.
Johnson Smith: Jamaica-Cuba medical programme ‘not example’ of human trafficking
Kingston (The Gleaner): Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says Jamaica’s Cuban medical cooperation programme is “not an example of trafficking” amid US visa restrictions on officials from countries that engage Cuban healthcare workers.
Belizeans voting for a new government
The Gleaner March 13, 2025, Belmopan (The Gleaner): An estimated 191,018 Belizeans are eligible to cast ballots on Wednesday in a general election that Prime Minister John Briceño called nine months ahead of the constitutional deadline.
Jamaica: Leave Cuban medics
Kingston (The Gleaner/Editorial): Marco Rubio’s plan to sanction countries for using Cuban doctors and nurses in their health systems is nothing short of callous, cruel and vindictive.
Grenada’s Foreign Affairs Minister confirms request from US to deport non-citizens to the island
St George’s (CMC): Grenada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Joseph Andall, has confirmed that the Trump Administration has made an official request to the Government to accept immigrants who are not Grenadians to be deported to the country, but that it has refused the offer.
US urged to send high level delegation to CARICOM Summit
Washington (CMC): The United States is being urged to send a high-level delegation to the CARICOM leaders summit to be held in Barbados.
CARICOM chairman urges closer collaboration to deal with a changing global environment
Georgetown (CARICOM): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Mia Mottley, said that the 15-member regional integration movement begins 2025 at the crossroads of immense challenges and extraordinary opportunities against a backdrop of global uncertainty.
Caribbean-American legislators condemn disinformation campaign about Haitians
New York (The Gleaner) Caribbean-American legislators in New York strongly denounced what they described as an anti-immigrant disinformation campaign surrounding Haitian migrants.
