ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government says it is owed more than EC$750 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) in outstanding taxes and penalties and that a tax amnesty offered this year is aimed at significantly reducing the outstanding arrears.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia -Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre has again deplored “this senseless gang violence” following the four murders including that of a two year-year-old toddler last weekend in the southern town of Vieux Fort.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness reiterated the Government’s commitment to the process of transitioning Jamaica from a monarchy to a republic as he formally announced members of the 14-member high-level Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) tasked with providing guidance for that transition.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The co-Chair of the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC), Marlene Malahoo Forte, says the committee has arrived at consensus to recommend the abolition of the constitutional monarchy as the form of government while insisting that no one view dominates the decisions of the CRC.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The United States government says it will spend “more than US$400 million” in the construction of a new embassy in Trinidad and Tobago.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The government has described as “palpably erroneous” the United States Department of State’s 2022 Human Rights Report claim that a serious allegation made against senior officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) last year was not investigated.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceño has again defended his government’s decision to impose visa and other restrictions on Haitian and Jamaican nationals after Opposition Leader Shyne Barrow denounced  the move.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Tuesday gave up the portfolio of Minister of Finance in a minor Cabinet re-shuffle that resulted in him adding the Ministry of Public Utilities to his workload.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The 62-year-old former president of the Senate, Christine Carla Kangaloo, was sworn into office Monday as the seventh President of Trinidad and Tobago, promising to demystify the office as well as encourage intellectual, cultural and artistic debates in the oil rich twin island republic.

NEW YORK, New York – A New York-based Black advocacy group says several Caribbean leaders will speak at a major Black conference in the United States.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize has announced new measures regarding the entry requirements into the CARICOM country for nationals from Haiti and Jamaica.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The president of Guyana, Dr. Irfaan Ali has sought to assure the United States that his country is ready to guarantee America’s energy security.