GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali has described as “absolute nonsense” that his recent visit to the United States was part of an initiative by western countries to try to displace China as a major contributor to the socio-economic development of the region.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The St. Kitts-Nevis government says while it is prepared to provide additional technical and human resources to deal with a possible influx of returning nationals for the August 5 general elections, it has nonetheless accepted the recommendations of the COVID-19 Task Force that there be no changes to the existing protocols put in place to stem the spread of the virus.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts-Nevis National hero, Sir Kennedy Simmonds has called for the removal of Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris from office, saying that he is not good for democracy and the twin-island federation.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has told members of the business community that his administration is not prepared to accept “no” as his administration pushes through with a transformative agenda.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts –At least 32 candidates representing six political parties were nominated Tuesday in a carnival style atmosphere to contest the August 5 general election that Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris was forced to call three years ahead of the constitutional deadline.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Monday proposed a single-item referendum asking the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to decide whether or not to replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth with a non-executive, home-grown president as head of state.

NEW YORK, New York – After confirming his recall in an official letter circulated to colleagues St. Vincent and the Grenadines Consul General to the United States Howie Prince says the administration of Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves did not give him any reason or reasons for his return to Kingstown.

NEW YORK, New York – The Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), a unified association of Black and other minority lawyers in New York State, has announced the commencement of the term of its Jamaican-American President Carl Forbes, Jr. 

NEW YORK, New York – The Barbadian-born Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Justice Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have joined the fight to protect voting rights at the US Supreme Court by filing an amicus brief supporting Black Alabamian voters who are fighting against racially gerrymandered congressional redistricting plan.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize has launched its National Child Labour Policy and Strategy 2022-2025 amid concerns that an estimated five thousand children are engaged in some form of work that presents a real danger to their physical, mental, and moral well-being.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Hundreds of people took to the streets here on Monday demanding the resignation of President Chandrikapersad ‘Chan’ Santokhi if he fails to change the socio-economic policies of his two-year old administration that they say have brought untold hardship on the population.

NASSAU, Bahamas – A High Court judge Monday night agreed with the Bahamas government that a strike by hundreds of airport workers was illegal and ordered them back to work.