CASTRIES, St. Lucia – They forgot to inform the voters in St. Lucia that the code is yellow in the Caribbean, and so on Monday the “Mood is Red” prevailed as the St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) won a convincing second consecutive five-year term in office.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – International reggae icon Jimmy Cliff has passed away, his wife, Latifa Chambers, has confirmed in a post on social media on Monday. He was 81 years old.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States government says it is providing nearly US$12.6 million in additional emergency, “life-saving assistance” to Jamaica and Haiti as the countries recover from the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

WASHINGTON, DC – Top Republican and Democratic legislators on the United States Senate Armed Services Committee have vowed to conduct “vigorous oversight” after United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly directed US military troops to “kill everybody” aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean Sea.

MIAMI, FL – Haitian-American Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted on  Wednesday on federal charges accusing her of stealing US$5 million in disaster relief funds, laundering the money, and funneling a substantial portion of it into her 2021 congressional campaign.

BELMOPAN, Belize - The Senate has referred the motion regarding the highly controversial safe third country agreement to the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee after legislators Tuesday debated the matter.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The New Democratic Party (NDP) stormed to an almost total landslide victory in Thursday’s general election, with preliminary results showing that the party had won 14 of the 15 seats in the Parliament.

SANTIAGO, Chile - The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says it will on Wednesday release a study examining the impact of the United States tariff policy on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

UNITED NATIONS – The top United Nations development official in the region says nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth has been wiped out by Hurricane Melissa.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine held talks on Tuesday with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and members of her cabinet reaffirming the “strong partnership” between the two countries, discussing also “shared priorities for regional security and stability”.

CARACAS –  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is warning that Trinidad and Tobago’s joint military drills with the United States could “threaten peace” in the Caribbean.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)  Thursday  withdrew and discontinued tax-related charges against the leader of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed.