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.

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.

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.

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”.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Opposition Leader, Bishop Joseph Atherley, has welcomed a High Court ruling dismissing a constitutional challenge to his appointment.

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.

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.