KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced plans to establish a new ministry to focus on reducing the levels of violence in the country. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Respected Guyanese international relations expert, Dr Mark Kirton, Friday called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders to hold an urgent summit ahead of Venezuela’s planned December 3 referendum as Caracas’s continues its bid to gain  ownership of the mineral and forest-rich county of Essequibo.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago's government on Monday said any support for the existing political structure in Haiti “has the potential to be rejected because it comes across as the support for existing political directorate”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali has declared that Guyana will not engage Venezuela on the border controversy that is squarely before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) but says he remains open to discussing shared issues with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry has urged Haitians to put aside their differences and in the spirit of the Battle of Vertière come together to ensure the future socio-economic development of the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Two leaders from the 15 member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have sought to assure the government of Guyana that CARICOM member states  are individually backing Guyana that its borders are inviolable and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) must be used to settle the territorial controversy with Venezuela.

UNITED NATIONS – The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, Thursday sad there has been steady growth in the calls for the long overdue reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with regards to its equitable representation on and increase in the membership.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Former premier Wayne Panton has confirmed his departure from the PACT coalition government, less than 24 hours after it survived a motion of no confidence, telling Caymanians he is praying that they “will always look into the mirror of our national destiny and like what they see”.

Nassau, Bahamas - In a passionate address to the Senate on November 8, Senator Barry Griffin emphasized the critical need for consumer protection in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Highlighting the proposed Consumer Protection Bill 2023, Senator Griffin emphasized the bill's stringent elements to safeguard the rights of all consumers in the country, irrespective of their political affiliation or voting status.

LONDON, UK – Venezuela has vowed to go ahead with its December 3 referendum as it seeks to gain ownership of the mineral and forest-rich county of Essequibo in Guyana.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre has defended his stewardship of the island, two years after his St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) romped to a convicting victory in the July 2021 general election.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Premier Wayne Panton’s coalition government survived a motion of no confidence late Tuesday night with the opposition failing to receive the necessary two-thirds majority required to unseat the administration as outlined in the constitution of the British Overseas territory.