BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Governor General Dame Sandra Mason has been nominated to be the first President as Barbados moves to become a republic by November 30.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has condemned what it said were disrespectful comments made by newly appointed Minister for External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation and Diaspora Affairs Alva Baptiste about the island’s longstanding international and regional partners.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) marked its first anniversary in office on Monday with President Dr. Irfaan Ali promising to defend democracy and uphold human rights in Guyana.

NASSAU, The Bahamas – Bahamians will go to the polls on September 16, eight months before a general election is constitutionally due, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced Thursday morning, as he stressed that whoever emerges victorious will have to make key decisions on the way forward in the COVID-19 pandemic.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana parliament has given the green light to legislation that government legislators say will support the efforts of the Irfaan Ali administration to provide reliable energy and transform production in several sectors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday posted for public inspection a Federal Register notice that provides information about how to register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Belizean diplomat, Dr Carla Barnett, was on Monday installed as the eighth Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) indicating that she has no misapprehensions about the severity of the challenges that the 15-member grouping faces economically, socially, environmentally and financially.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) is claiming harassment and intimidation after the police late Saturday, raided the homes of several opposition supporters and other activists, following the recent incident in which Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves was injured. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee, has welcomed the passage of a bill in the United States House of Representatives that would provide what she describes as “historic funding” for Caribbean countries.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Belizean Dr. Carla Barnett is to be installed as the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) first woman Secretary-General on Monday.

KINGSTOWN, ST. Vincent – Parliament is expected to begin debate on Thursday evening of a third revision of proposed changes to the Public Health Act, even as Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves was nursing wounds suffered during protest here earlier during the day.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Outgoing Prime Minister Allen Chastanet said the results of Monday’s general elections that resulted in his United Workers Party (UWP) suffering a heavy defeat has come as a “shock” but that he remains confident the policies and programs initiated by his administration over the last five years would put St. Lucia “on the right foot to true progress).