December 6, 2013
Congresswoman Clarke’s Calls On President Obama to Stop Deportations
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke today asked President Obama to stop the deportation of Americans who lack legal status in the United States, to prevent the continued…
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(Congresswoman Clarke’s Calls On President Obama to Stop Deportations)
November 18, 2013
GOP, Dems demand State report on Haiti earthquake funds
A bipartisan group of House members is demanding a new report from the State Department on how millions of dollars are being spent to help Haiti recover from a 2010 earthquake that killed…
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(GOP, Dems demand State report on Haiti earthquake funds)
June 3, 2013
Clarke Statement on Caribbean Heritage Month
BROOKLYN, NY – U.S. Representative Yvette D. Clarke issued the following statement in recognition of Caribbean Heritage Month which started on June 1.
The entire Month of June…
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(Clarke Statement on Caribbean Heritage Month)
January 31, 2013
Three Years After Devastating Earthquake in Haiti
Three years after a monstrous earthquake devastated Haiti, killing more than 250,000 people and leaving at least one million homeless on January 12, there is a mixed report card on…
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(Three Years After Devastating Earthquake in Haiti)
January 31, 2013
Rum Battle Meeting in Washington
Obama Administration and Caribbean to meet in Washington to discuss USVI and Puerto Rico subsidies to rum producers on their soil, Refund of U.S. Excise Taxes threatens rum industry…
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(Rum Battle Meeting in Washington)
January 10, 2013
Jamaican scientist honoured by US legislators
The United States House of Representatives honoured Jamaican cancer researcher Dr. Henry Lowe with a proclamation last month, while the New York State Senate gave him a citation…
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(Jamaican scientist honoured by US legislators)