BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew says strict screening and security measures are being applied as the twin island Federation moves towards entering into an agreement with the United States on the relocation of illegal migrants to the region.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados and Martinique have a signed a five-year cooperation agreement establishing a bilateral framework for cooperation in a number of  areas.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has denied allegations that her government is behind an “orchestrated attack”  on the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) as the police investigate the funding of the party’s multimillion-dollar headquarters.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States has imposed sanctions on 10 Cuban entities as part of what it described as a broader effort to counter the Cuban government’s activities in Cuba and throughout the region.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has told delegates attending the Second Annual Global Maritime Security and Sanctions Enforcement Symposium that their shared goal is to ensure “a fair, secure, and competitive industry by identifying and preventing the registration of vessels suspected of illicit activity”.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley Wednesday dismissed as “asinine” a suggestion by United Kingdom parliamentarians with threats to impose visa bans on countries asking for reparations.

WASHINGTON, DC – Antigua and Barbuda has written to United States legislator, Nancy Mace, of South Carolina regarding legislation she has introduced in the United States House of Representatives,  indicating that there are several measures that need to be corrected.

WASHINGTON, DC – Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organization of American States  (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, was on Monday installed as chairman of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has called on President Mohamed Irfaan Ali to explain the financing and ownership of a large agricultural property along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, prompting a response from the head of state, who acknowledged ownership of the facility and rejected allegations of wrongdoing.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua and Barbuda has become a signatory to the Cusco Declaration as the country broadens its security arrangements with non-traditional entities within the Americas.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - The Antigua and Barbuda government used its overwhelming majority to pass a resolution allowing it to continue negotiations with the United States on receiving third country nationals (TCN) even as the opposition maintained that St. John’s had no “cards” to affect the outcome of the US migration policy.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that the visa policy of the United States is undermining trade, commerce “and even our students who require a visa to study in the United States.