PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The appeal by former president Desi Bouterse and four others regarding their convictions for their roles in the execution of 15 political opponents in 1982, has been adjourned to August 17.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government says it is developing a national strategy to target key crime producers and create an environment for sustained crime reduction and increased economic growth and prosperity.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, says five people will be extradited to the United States on lottery scamming-related offences and other serious crimes later this week.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) Monday called for a Commission of Inquiry to examine the disclosures and allegations of bribery and corruption made against the Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo during an international television program earlier this year.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has rubbished plans by a former pilot with the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, to sue him for defamation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson reported an 81 percent drop in murders while shootings fell by 56 percent after the declaration of a State of Public Emergency in the south-eastern parish of St. Catherine last month.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –Haitian police Thursday made its fifth seizure of arms and ammunition from the United States since the beginning of the month.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government Friday said the island has not “descended into a state of chaos” dismissing comparisons to it being described as the “a wild, wild west” following a spate of killings over the past week.

“Early this morning in Suriname, I woke to the tragic news of the explosion and the loss of four lives – two young children 10- and 12-years old, and two adults. I really want to say that my heart literally goes out to the extended family and I’m sure that all Barbadians do and that we would want to keep the extended family in their prayers,” said Mottley, who is in Suriname attending the 43^rd Caribbean Community (CARICOM) summit that ends on Tuesday.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent –A High Court judge Monday set September 21 as the date for the sentencing of a 35-year-old man, who was found guilty of murdering a 33 year-old real estate agent in November 2015.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – United States Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, says the Biden administration has allocated US$48 million in additional security assistance through of the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Narcotics and Law Enforcement to bolster security across the country. 

BELMOPAN, Belize – Former prime minister, Dean Barrow, says he is “well satisfied” with the BDZ$185,000 (One Belize dollar=US$0.49 cents) in damages awarded to him by the High Court following a botched Commission of Inquiry.