GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Venezuela’s ambassador to Guyana, Carlos Amador Pérez Silva, says the South American country has no intention of invading Guyana even if the December 4 referendum approves the move by Caracas to have Guyana's Essequibo region declared as a part of his country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica  - Jamaica's Supreme Court has ruled that Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith committed no breach in relation to donations received in her failed bid for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The newly appointed United States Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot says she will use her tenure here to further support the bilateral defense partnership “that will enhance our mutual security goals, address cross-cutting threats, and advance regional security”.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Premier David Burt Monday said that there were “broad benefits” to gain from Bermuda seeking full membership of the regional integration grouping, CARICOM, even as he acknowledged it “is not something that has been on the front burner”.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The personal information of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley, including his passport number as well as his date of birth and a post office box address, are among documents found to have been compromised in the cyberattack on the Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), the Trinidad Guardian newspaper has reported.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The opposition party, the  Alliance For Change (AFC) has called for all Venezuelans who have been granted Guyanese citizenship to  be barred from voting in elections.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The National Assembly will meet on Monday to debate a motion being proposed by  Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Hugh Todd, on the border dispute with Venezuela.

UNITED NATIONS –  The United Nations Special Representative in Haiti, María Isabel Salvador, Monday told the Security Council that the security situation continues to deteriorate in Haiti as gang violence grows, and elections are crucial for the sustainable rule of law.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang is unapologetic regarding his statement that the police should shoot to kill when confronted by armed criminals.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says while the Canada -Caribbean Community (CARICOM) summit had made “some progress” on a number of issues, some matters affecting St. Vincent and the Grenadines directly,  remain unresolved.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government says it concerned that Venezuela’s December 3 referendum could lay the ground work for the annexation of the county of Essequibo, which Caracas has been claiming belongs to it.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has defended his decision not to meet with Vincentians in the Canadian Diaspora when he attended the recent Canada-CARICOM summit in Ottawa, saying that he had a number of pressing matters to attend to in Washington and at home.