NASSAU, Bahamas - Prime Minister Phillip Davis  says he remains “genuinely excited” about the future relationship with the United States that is celebrating its 248 year of a “successful and thriving democracy” later this week.

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke and immigration advocates in New York on Friday welcomed the Biden administration’s extension and redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Parliament has given the green light to legislation amending the existing fines and imprisonment for visitors who fail to declare a firearm to a Customs officer.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Mark Golding says he does not want his decision to revoke his British citizenship to be used “as a distraction by an unpopular government that has lost the trust and confidence of a majority of the Jamaican people”.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Second and third-generation Saint Lucian descendants born overseas now have a clear path to acquiring Saint Lucian citizenship.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize government says the decision to open a High Commission in Guyana is part of its efforts to expand its diplomatic network by establishing diplomatic relations with countries and by opening diplomatic representations aimed at bringing development, prosperity, and assistance to its citizens abroad.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Mark Golding Sunday announced that he would be revoking his British citizenship after indicating that he is doing so after taking into consideration the views of the public on the issue.

NEW YORK, New York – Attorney Janice Robinson has won a decisive victory in one of two Civil Court Judge seats in Brooklyn’s 6th Municipal Court District in the New York Democratic Primary, as candidates with Caribbean background won seats in various electoral districts on Tuesday night

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Government is moving to move valuable historical assets to a disaster-resistant facility by November, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Culture, Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight has disclosed, days after a fire destroyed a building at the country’s Archives Department.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness says  the deployment of local troops to Haiti is contingent on the finalization of critical resourcing and is awaiting confirmation on funding and other agreements in furtherance of the mission.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  The Andrew Holness led administration has defended its decision to send home 12 of the 16 Haitians who arrived in the island as caregivers to 59 disabled orphans who were allowed to enter Jamaica in March as part of a humanitarian effort led by the international charity organization Mustard Seed Communities.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Simon Springett, the new United Nations Resident Coordinator for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, has begun his formal introductions in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.