DES MOINES, Iowa – Immigration authorities in the United States on Friday arrested Guyana-born educator, Dr Ian Andre Roberts, who rose to become superintendent of Iowa’s largest public school district.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados’ Foreign Minister, Kerrie Symmonds, has expressed concerns at the recent United States military strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking, saying the actions may have bypassed due process and risk setting a dangerous precedent.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Donald Trump administration has reaffirmed the strength of its partnership with the Trinidad and Tobago government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, as tension rises between the United States and Venezuela over the deployment of US military forces in the Caribbean Sea allegedly to combat narco-trafficking.

WASHINGTON, DC - Three United States legislators have written to the oil and gas giant, ExxonMobil, on how its payments to the Guyana government regarding the 2016 Stabroek Block Petroleum Agreement (PA), have affected its US federal tax liability.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Ranking Member of the United States Senate Armed Services Committee, Jack Reed, has strongly condemned the US military strikes in the Caribbean as President Donald Trump on Monday disclosed that he had ordered a strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three people  on board.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Forty-five year-old Mohamed Irfaan Ali was on Sunday sworn into office as Guyana’s  head of state a second consecutive five-year term,  after the country’s  electoral  commission (GECOM) late on Saturday night declared the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) as the winner of the September 1 general and regional elections.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Fueled by the triumphant success of their nation’s track stars, the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) are back home after storming to their fifth Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League title, igniting a wave of national pride.

TOKYO, Japan – Oblique Seville captured his first senior men’s title in sensational fashion when he upset the field in the men’s 100 meters at the World Athletic Championships here on Sunday.

Kingston, Jamaica -Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has become the Jamaica Labour Party's first political leader to win three consecutive terms  in office as the JLP won September 3rd’s general elections, though with a significantly reduced margin than the previous election.

WASHINGTON, DC – As United States President Donald Trump steps up military build-up in the Caribbean Sea, Amnesty International is warning that any airstrikes authorized by Congress would violate international human rights law and could amount to unlawful executions.

WASHINGTON, DC – United States Democratic Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez, Ranking Member of the US House of Representatives’ Veterans’ Affairs Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, says she has led a new investigation into the Trump administration’s arrest, detention and deportation of Caribbean and other non-citizen service members, veterans and military families.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers are urging the United States to provide an assurance that any military action aimed at Venezuela will not threaten regional stability or occur without prior consultation and warning.