BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) Monday said that just over 266, 000 people are eligible to cast ballots in Wednesday’s general election that Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called 18 months ahead of the constitutional deadline.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –The first set of votes in the snap general election called by Prime Minister Mia Mottley were taking place on Wednesday as the three main contenders for control of the 30 seat Parliament romped up their campaign ahead of January 19.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is bolstering its capacity to control the country’s territorial waters in order to curtail the entry of illegal firearms.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke said on Friday that she “proudly voted” for passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the United States of Representatives.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell Wednesday predicted that his ruling New National party (NNP) will be victorious in the next general election, constitutionally due in 2023, brushing aside suggestions that he may call a snap election in Grenada.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A law lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI) is raising the possibility of legal action being taken should persons who tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, not being able to cast a ballot in the January 19 general election.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate has passed the “Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act,”, or HR. 2471, which measures the progress of post-disaster recovery and promotes efforts to address corruption, governance, rule of law and media freedoms in the French-speaking Caribbean country.

NEW YORK, New York– Newly-elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday appointed Barbadian-born Justice Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix as the City’s Corporation Counsel, becoming the first Caribbean-born woman to serve in that capacity in the City’s history. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Leaders of the two main political parties here on Monday remained confident of victory in the January 19 general elections as candidates were nominated to contest the snap election that Prime Minister Mia Mottley called 18 months ahead of the constitutional deadline.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A fellow at a Washington-based think tank says there is a consensus among most of Haiti’s political factions and the international community, that rushing toward elections in 2022 is “unrealistic and simply dangerous for both voters and candidates.”

KINGSTON, Jamaica –Less than a week after Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced plans for a new Firearms Bill to be brought before the Parliament, National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang said the measure will be tabled during this month.

NEW YORK, New York – A few days before he was sworn in Saturday morning as New York City’s new mayor, Eric Adams joined over 250 prominent Brooklyn Democratic lawmakers, district leaders, community activists and leaders in reflecting on what they described as Party Chair Haitian American Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s “unifying leadership”.