GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana;s government  on Tuesday said it has sent the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Mae Thomas “on leave with immediate effect” after she was named along with two other Guyanese nationals for their roles in public corruption in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson has expressed concern  about several proposals contained in the report of the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) now before the House of Representatives.

HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel says measures recently announced by the US government are limited, restrictive and do not affect the main core of the US blockade against the country, or other US high-pressure policy sanctions.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Government says it will launch two projects aimed at improving communication and engagement between Jamaica and the Diaspora during the three-day 10th  Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference  that gets underway here on June 16.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has called for a national debate on the age of retirement in Dominica.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have led a coalition of 40 Cities for Action (C4A) mayors and county executives in calling for over two million work authorizations for both recent arrivals and longstanding undocumented immigrants in the absence of what they describe as “long-awaited” comprehensive reform by Congress. 

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Garry Conille was released from hospital late Sunday after he was hospitalized after suffering an apparent asthma attack on Saturday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Guyana says it will enact a slew of amendments to its extradition laws which will make it easier for extraditions to take place from and to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A government legislator on Thursday declared that he will be renouncing his citizenship with the United Kingdom.

NEW YORK, New York – The son of Jamaican immigrants says he has decided to run for the position of New York State Male District Leader, so he can “protect democracy” in Brooklyn.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Attorney General, Garcia Paragsing, says despite facing a shortage of resources, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) and the police are working round the clock to ensure the arrest of former president Desi Bouterse.

In a career that spans over 50 years, U.S. Congresswoman Fredrica Wilson knows the ins and outs of politics and education.