GEORGETOWN, Guyana – There will be major adjustments to Guyana’s domestic violence laws in 2023 to introduce a criminal element where the current legislation lacks penal sanctions.

KINGSTON, Jamaica  – Prime Minister Andrew Holness said his administration is close to implementing the islandwide rollout of the National Identification System (NIDS).

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago – Watson Duke, leader of Tobago’s ruling party, the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP), has written to the Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Abby Taylor demanding that she declare vacant the seats of 13 members who resigned from the party.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Minister of Health Senator Jonathan LaCrette disclosed on Tuesday that the monthly EC$500 (One EC dollar=US$0.37) honorarium that will be paid to nurses next year is Government’s way of deterring them from pursuing overseas opportunities.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceño Monday announced that the Belize government has negotiated more than a quarter billion dollar (One Belize dollar=US$0.49 cents) reduction in the debt owed to Venezuela under the PetroCaribe initiative.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Cuba has accepted an offer from the CARICOM to join the Ministerial Task Force on Agriculture, according to a statement issued here by the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat.

NEW YORK, New York – Several Caribbean legislators and advocacy groups have denounced New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s budget modification plan that they say will result in major cuts throughout various city agencies. 

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday night announced a 13-member Cabinet, less than a week after his ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) comfortably won the general election that was boycotted by the major opposition parties here.

WASHINGTON, DC, - Prime Minister Andrew Holness arrived in Washington on Tuesday for a five-day visit, from 6th -10th December, and was met on arrival at the Ronald Reagan International Airport by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States HE Audrey Marks.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne Monday night announced January 18, 2023 as the date for fresh general elections in Antigua and Barbuda and urged supporters to ensure that his government is returned to power.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has paid tribute to 12 countries with which the nation celebrates 60 years of diplomatic relations since 1962.

NEW YORK, New York – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), and the Brooklyn Democratic Party Leader, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, have welcomed the US government’s decision to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti for an additional 18 months.