LONDON, UK – Venezuela has vowed to go ahead with its December 3 referendum as it seeks to gain ownership of the mineral and forest-rich county of Essequibo in Guyana.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Venezuela’s ambassador to Guyana, Carlos Amador Pérez Silva, says the South American country has no intention of invading Guyana even if the December 4 referendum approves the move by Caracas to have Guyana's Essequibo region declared as a part of his country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The personal information of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley, including his passport number as well as his date of birth and a post office box address, are among documents found to have been compromised in the cyberattack on the Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), the Trinidad Guardian newspaper has reported.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre has defended his stewardship of the island, two years after his St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) romped to a convicting victory in the July 2021 general election.

KINGSTON, Jamaica  - Jamaica's Supreme Court has ruled that Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith committed no breach in relation to donations received in her failed bid for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The opposition party, the  Alliance For Change (AFC) has called for all Venezuelans who have been granted Guyanese citizenship to  be barred from voting in elections.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Premier Wayne Panton’s coalition government survived a motion of no confidence late Tuesday night with the opposition failing to receive the necessary two-thirds majority required to unseat the administration as outlined in the constitution of the British Overseas territory.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The newly appointed United States Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot says she will use her tenure here to further support the bilateral defense partnership “that will enhance our mutual security goals, address cross-cutting threats, and advance regional security”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The National Assembly will meet on Monday to debate a motion being proposed by  Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Hugh Todd, on the border dispute with Venezuela.

UNITED NATIONS – President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, says that when questions about the relevance of the United Nations are echoing louder “If we are honest, we must accept that there is a certain legitimacy to these questions”.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Premier David Burt Monday said that there were “broad benefits” to gain from Bermuda seeking full membership of the regional integration grouping, CARICOM, even as he acknowledged it “is not something that has been on the front burner”.

UNITED NATIONS –  The United Nations Special Representative in Haiti, María Isabel Salvador, Monday told the Security Council that the security situation continues to deteriorate in Haiti as gang violence grows, and elections are crucial for the sustainable rule of law.