PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the “surreptitious and odious process” used regarding the reappointment of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Cara Barnett, could have long term effects for the people of Trinidad and Tobago.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda has been dissolved paving the way for a general election.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda's government has launched the National Cybersecurity Risk Assessment (NCRA), describing it as a landmark initiative in keeping with the  government’s Digital Transformation Initiative (DTI) .

NASSAU, Bahamas - Bahamians go to the polls on May 12 to elect a new government with Prime Minister Philip Davis saying that Parliament will be dissolved on April 8 and the writs for the elections, five months ahead of the constitutional deadline, being issued on April 9.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Trinidad and Tobago government says it has received the support of more than 100 countries, including those in the Caribbean Community (CARICO) for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council next year.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne Friday confirmed that he had written to Governor General, Sir Rodney Williams, advising him to dissolve Parliament for a general election that will be held next month.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The chairman of the Barbados-based Regional Security System (RSS), St. Clair Leacock, says he has been informed that the United States will not punish Caribbean countries that refuse to accept third-country nationals (TCNs)

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew has said that St. Kitts and Nevis will soon sign an agreement with Guyana covering at least seven areas including food security, as the twin island Federation moves to deal with the impact of high food prices occasioned by the ongoing war in the Middle East.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former prime minister Stuart Young has successfully defended a major defamation ruling against the Trinidad Express newspaper, with the Court of Appeal affirming an award of more than TT$500,000 in damages.

COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos Islands – The governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands,  Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam, has announced the appointment Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards as Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has described the former president of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, who died on Monday as a “friend”  saying also that he was a “brother forged not by blood but by conviction”.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has approved 282 political parties and coalitions to participate in upcoming elections, marking a step forward in a long-delayed process unfolding amid deep insecurity and political uncertainty.