PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former commissioner of police Gary Griffith has announced the launch of a new political party.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados says it will support the re-election of Children’s Advocate, Faith Marshall-Harris, to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government Wednesday said it would hold its final public consultation on the decriminalization of marijuana on Friday as it moves ahead with plans to amend the existing Drug Act as part of the initiative.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The governing Virgin Islands Party (VIP), is now in the process of appointing a new Premier and the members have so far thrown their support behind Deputy Premier, Dr Natalio Wheatley who made the announcement late Saturday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has launched its campaign for the position of Commonwealth Secretary General even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has given no date as to when a regional sub-committee will meet with the two Caribbean candidates for the post.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she intends to raise as a matter of urgent public importance in Parliament on Wednesday, the government’s recent announcement of an increase in fuel prices.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia government says it has been forced to defer the full implementation of a tax waiver for workers earning up to EC$4,000 (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) a month due to the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenadians were awaiting the imminent announcement for the date for the next general election after Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell said he would be approaching Governor General Dame Cécile La Grenade to dissolve Parliament.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – One week after President Chandrikapersad Santokh announced plans to re-shuffle his two year-old Cabinet, Saskia Walden, the Minister of Economic Affairs, Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation has resigned.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Vincentians will on Sunday, May 1st begin getting some ease from rising fuel prices, with the implementation of a government policy that would slash prices at the pump, Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves announced on Thursday.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The leader of the main opposition St. Kitts Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), Dr. Terrance Drew, is calling for fresh general elections as the split widened within the ruling coalition Team Unity government.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris Thursday said the country remains “stable” and urged “restrain” as Governor General, Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, said he is awaiting “formal legal advice” before acting on an “undated” letter sent to him by seven government legislators indicating that they have no confidence in Prime Minister Harris.