BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Mia Mottley says much thought has gone into the decision to transition Barbados to a parliamentary republic, even as Opposition Leader, Bishop Joseph Atherley, raised concerns over the legality of the government’s intended move, despite declaring full support for the impending status.

NEW YORK, New York – Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali used the global platform of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday to raise the issue of his country’s border row with neighboring Venezuela, saying the dispute remains a threat to Guyana’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

ORLANDO, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Val Demings (FL-10), Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, joined 55 of her colleagues to call on the Biden Administration to immediately halt deportations to Haiti and take urgent action to address the concerns of the Haitian Diaspora after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti last month. The lawmakers’ letter follows the Administration’s resumption of deportation flights to Haiti and as thousands of Haitian migrants continue to await an opportunity to make an asylum claim at the border.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –The Jamaica government says it will soon table to Parliament, a revised National Policy for Senior Citizens to provide adequate social safety net protections.

NASSAU, The Bahamas – Nine members of newly elected Prime Minister Philip Davis’ Cabinet were unveiled on Monday as they were sworn in by Governor General Sir Cornelius A. Smith.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - His Excellency Dr. K. J. Srinivasa, High Commissioner of the Republic of India to St. Kitts and Nevis, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris earlier today (Friday, September 17) as part of his official visit to the Federation.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis was sworn in as opposition leader on Friday. 

NASSAU, Bahamas – The chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), Fred Mitchell, says he believes that the new government of Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis, will be in place “certainly not beyond Saturday”.

NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Bahamas is on the verge of launching two new digital services that will move its Industrial Tribunal towards a fully digitized court management system.

 WASHINGTON, DC – Chair of the   Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Council for Integral Development and Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the( OAS), Ambassador Audrey Marks wants better cooperation among Labour Ministers in the Region to achieve productive employment and economic recovery.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Ariel Henry has reiterated a commitment to bring to justice, those responsible for the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moise as he again dismisses allegations that he had spoken by telephone with one of the main suspects on the night of the killing.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s chaotic political environment took another turn on Tuesday after the country’s chief prosecutor asked a judge investigating the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moise to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry with involvement in the case over alleged phone calls he made to the main suspect.