PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Guy Philippe, a notorious coup leader, was repatriated by the United States on Thursday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced plans to establish a new ministry to focus on reducing the levels of violence in the country. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry has urged Haitians to put aside their differences and in the spirit of the Battle of Vertière come together to ensure the future socio-economic development of the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says while there would be trade and economic opportunities presented by the Samoa Agreement, Kingston is also seeking to assure stakeholders that there is nothing in the accord that will contravene local law.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Respected Guyanese international relations expert, Dr Mark Kirton, Friday called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders to hold an urgent summit ahead of Venezuela’s planned December 3 referendum as Caracas’s continues its bid to gain  ownership of the mineral and forest-rich county of Essequibo.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Two leaders from the 15 member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have sought to assure the government of Guyana that CARICOM member states  are individually backing Guyana that its borders are inviolable and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) must be used to settle the territorial controversy with Venezuela.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has confirmed that it will establish an embassy in Guyana.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago's government on Monday said any support for the existing political structure in Haiti “has the potential to be rejected because it comes across as the support for existing political directorate”.

UNITED NATIONS – The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, Thursday sad there has been steady growth in the calls for the long overdue reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with regards to its equitable representation on and increase in the membership.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda's government says it is moving ahead with plans to join the regional integration movement, CARICOM, after being given the green light from the United Kingdom to do so.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali has declared that Guyana will not engage Venezuela on the border controversy that is squarely before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) but says he remains open to discussing shared issues with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Former premier Wayne Panton has confirmed his departure from the PACT coalition government, less than 24 hours after it survived a motion of no confidence, telling Caymanians he is praying that they “will always look into the mirror of our national destiny and like what they see”.