BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Opposition Leader, Bishop Joseph Atherley, has welcomed a High Court ruling dismissing a constitutional challenge to his appointment.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Attorney General Dale Marshall on Thursday described the recent action by the United Kingdom government to list Barbados as a high-risk third country with respect to money laundering and the financing of terrorism as “unfortunate and disappointing, but not surprising”.
BELMOPAN, Belize – Government is to hold talks with trade union leaders later on Tuesday even as it maintains that the austerity measures are necessary to deal with the financial situation facing the country.
BELMOPAN, Belize –The Belize government has indicated that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country will have a new Governor General and that it would move to amend the existing legislation that regulates the office of the Governor General so as to ensure the office holder is adequately compensated.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali Monday urged United States companies to invest in Guyana’s agricultural sector.
KINGSTON, Jamaica– The Jamaica government has tabled the Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organizations) (Amendment) Act, 2021, commonly called the anti-gang legislation indicating that the legislation will provide an additional game-changing tool to the security forces in combatting criminal gangs.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana,– Foreign Ministers of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States Secretary of State Wednesday agreed on the need to work together on a number of issues of mutual interest.
BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceño says he believes that Belizeans understand that “we are not acting out of malice” after the latest round of talks with trade union leaders regarding salary and wage cuts ended prematurely on Thursday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Thursday paid tribute to late Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) stalwart and diplomat, Ambassador Anthony Johnson, describing him as “an exceptional humanitarian and statesman who was of unquestionable integrity and had an intense devotion to his country”.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, – The Guyana government says it has not promised any increase in wages to sugar workers who last weekend downed tools in support of their claims as well as a pending agreement between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change Pearnel Charles Jr., says a new comprehensive National Housing Policy, which will address the country’s complex housing challenges, will soon go before Parliament.
NEW YORK, NY – A New York-based Grenada group is calling on the island’s Governor General, Dame Cecile La Grenade, to stop using the royal insignia because of what it alleges is its racist image.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia,– Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has presented an EC$1.12 billion (One EC dollar=US#0.37 cents) budget to Parliament saying it is the best estimate for both revenue and cost; with the understanding that if the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues it will impact revenue negatively and increase cost.
