BELMOPAN, Belize - Prime Minister John Briceño has returned from Mexico where he held talks with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and the head of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country continues to deal with an energy crisis resulting on several blackouts.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Attorneys representing the Auditor General, Jaiwantie Ramdass, has given Finance Minister Colm Imbert until Wednesday to cancel or recall a team that has been appointed to investigate the understatement of Trinidad and Tobago government’s revenue for the financial year 2023.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says an individual who gained “unauthorised” access to the head office of the Ministry of Finance was probably on a mission to cause “damage and destruction of important documents and records at the Ministry”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana’s 65-seat legislature late Friday agreed to sweeping changes to the law governing aviation in the country, saying these are needed for national security and public safety.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he has been informed that “a couple of persons in the bureaucracy” at the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are saying “nobody should pay attention” to his May 2, 2024 letter in which he criticised the approach taken to remove the bank’s president, Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada's government on Tuesday complained of too many private vehicles on the roads here and has announced plans for an initiative that will result in a reduction.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says “unsuccessful attempts” had been made to impugn the character of the former president of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr. Hyginus “Gene “ Leon, whom he described as “ a distinguished son of our Caribbean civilisation from St. Lucia”.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Retired High Court judge, Justice David Harris has been appointed chair of a team that will investigate the understatement of Trinidad and Tobago government revenue for the financial year 2023.

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke and immigration advocates in New York on Saturday welcomed the Biden administration’s access to affordable, quality health care coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients from the Caribbean and other places.  

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, Friday emphasized the importance of the Commonwealth to the continued future development of the international community.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali has reaffirmed Guyana’s ongoing transformation and projected growth under the leadership of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The governments of Guyana and Jamaica on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation on media, mass communication and public affairs.