WASHINGTON, DC – United States legislators on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the US’ seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, flying the Guyana flag.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – National Security Minister, St. Clair Leacock, says former prime minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is not entitled to the detail of six police officers and that he will only be given what he is entitled to from the state.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government is proposing that the United States consider the implementation of a formal visa-free travel treaty between the two countries.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Grenada has opened an honorary consulate in Guyana as the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states seek to further deepen their relations in a wide range of areas ranging from tourism to agriculture.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Embattled Housing and Works Minister, Maria Browne, has defended her role in the so-called “vehicle-gate” scandal insisting that it was her actions that brought the issue to the public attention.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Magistrate Judy Latchman Monday set Wednesday as the day for ruling on a motion filed by the leader of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), Azruddin Mohamed and his businessman father, Nazar Mohamed, in the latest challenge to their extradition to the United States on fraud related charges.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Mission (OEM) says on the night of the elections in St. Lucia on December1, the transmission process did not work precisely as anticipated with results “bypassing the verification stage in some instances”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - President Irfaan Ali Tuesday lauded the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for its “historic achievements” this year, including achieving a 61.7 per cent crime clearance rate and reducing serious crimes by 25.2 per cent.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The government of this British Overseas territory is mourning the sudden death of the Director of Communications in the office of the Premier, Karia Christopher.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) Tuesday said it had rejected the resignation of its leader, Allen Chastanet, saying he will continue to remain in the position “until the upcoming convention”.

SAN DIEGO, CA – The California-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) Tuesday “unequivocally” condemned United States President Donald Trump’s latest barrage of anti-Black, anti-immigrant attacks, including his recent remarks referring to Somali immigrants as “garbage” while asserting that the US “does not want them in our country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday night used its significant majority in the Parliament to pass legislation that in some instances provide for fines of up to three million dollars for persons engaged in illegal gambling which the authorities have said was deeply intertwined with “tax evasion, money laundering, prostitution and drug trafficking”.