PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former attorney general, Garvin Nicholas, says Trinidad and Tobago government should not readily abandon its closest allies to appease “those who would easily discard us” as he questioned Port of  Spain’s  announcement that it fully supports the decision of the United States to deploy “military assets” into the Caribbean region to destroy what it described as “the terrorist drug cartels”.

WASHINGTON, DC – Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke says she has introduced the Marcus Garvey Legacy Package in the United States House of Representatives that comprises two pieces of legislation that honour “one of history’s most influential leaders in the global struggle for Black self-determination, human rights, and economic empowerment: Marcus Mosiah Garvey.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday said there would be no Independence Day Parade on August 31, due to the existing state of emergency (SoE).

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  Former People’s National Party (PNP) legislator, KD Knight, is seeking damages for defamation, including exemplary and aggravated damages, as well as costs against the chairman of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Dr Christopher Tufton, claiming that he had been defamed during a JLP rally on August 10.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The leaders of Jamaica’s  two main political parties Monday expressed confidence of their party being victorious in the September 3 general election with Prime Minster Andrew Holness indicating that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will get a third consecutive term in office and the Mark Golding telling reporters that the momentum is with the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP).

BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceño is heading a high-level delegation to Mexico on Friday for talks with President Claudia Sheinbaum and Bernardo Arévalo, President of the Republic of Guatemala, “to discuss areas of mutual interest among the three neighbouring nations”.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says more than 7,000 polling stations will be operational across the country’s 63 constituencies for the September 3 general election.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Opposition Leader Penelope Beckles has demanded transparency from the Government following Friday’s announcement that this year’s Independence Day Military Parade and associated State events, including the national fireworks display, have been cancelled.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica and the People’s Republic of China have signed what is described as “a new phase of an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement amounting to EC$ 37 million.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ), has confirmed that three observer missions, the Caribbean Community (Caricom), the Organisation of American States (OAS) and Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE), have committed to observe the September 3 general election.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The four-day International Building Expo opened here on Thursday night with the government highlighting the increasing investment in the housing sector and plans to further construct more than 30,000 new homes.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The campaign  chairman of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP), Dr Christopher Tufton, has been given a deadline to retract a recording of retired legislator from the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP)  K.D.Knight, that was played at a mass meeting of the JLP on Sunday.