GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Court of Appeal will resume hearing arguments on July 29 in the appeal filed by supporters of the opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity and the alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) against the decision of the High Court to dismiss an election petition challenging the results of the controversial March 2 regional and general elections last year.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Justice and Public Security Minister, Rockefeller Vincent, has warned that the authorities will not tolerate any attempt to disrupt the June 27 constitutional referendum in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government Friday said it is seeking to amend the amended the Representation of the People Act so as to allow for transparency and fairness in future regional and general elections in the country.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The delegation from the Organization of American States (OAS) is in Haiti holding discussions with various stakeholders even as the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country announced earlier this week the indefinite postponement of the constitutional referendum that had been scheduled for June 27.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is moving to have the chief elections officer, Keith Lowenfield, his deputy, Roxanne Myers and the Returning Officer for Region Four, Clairmont Mingo, dismissed from their positions.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The developer behind the Kiwana Bay Project, Warren Newfield, has resigned as an Ambassador-at-Large for Trade and Investment and Consul General of Grenada in Miami, citing anti-business policies as the reason for his decision.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti has announced the postponement of the constitutional referendum that was originally scheduled for June 27.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon Wednesday said 55 years after Guyana attained political independence from Britain, the country is now poised to attain economic independence.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad –Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar has questioned the decision of the government to implement a state of emergency (SOE) here as part of the measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID19) that has so far infected 16, 549 and killed 294 others since March last year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Government is moving to strengthen the legislative framework governing food safety in Jamaica through rationalization of existing laws and promulgating modern legislation in keeping with international standards.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government has defended the decision to appoint former prime minister and president, Samuel Hinds, as the island’s ambassador to the United States.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla --- As Florida lawmakers convened a special session to consider a compact that would create the largest gambling expansion across Florida, community leaders in Miami-Dade County held a news conference Monday to urge legislators to stand with the three out of four voters who in 2018 voted to require that voters, not politicians and gambling, have final say on expanded gambling.