GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana and Japan are discussing ways to deepen commercial and trade ties as Guyana undergoes rapid economic transformation and expansion across all sectors.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The head of the Guyana Police Force’s Special Branch, Prem Narine, Monday told a magistrate court that Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed is a threat to national security even as the defence sought to establish that the United States extradition request is politically motivated.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana police say they have intercepted two heavily tinted motor vehicles that had earlier been “observed acting in a suspicious manner” near the private residence of President Irfaan Ali at Leonora, West Coast Demerara on Thursday night.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar who Wednesday said she expects to meet with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez later this month has expressed her “love ”  for the South American leader.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana and the United States have finalised a migration cooperation framework under which Guyana will receive a limited, vetted number of skilled and non-criminal individuals through the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Assisted Voluntary Return Programme.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The foreign ministers of Haiti and the Dominica Republic have held talks that focused on border security, combating illicit economic activities, migration issues, formalizing trade and investment, and expanding air links, according to an official statement issued here.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday said he expects the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, to remain in office as the 15-member regional grouping awaits the advisory ruling by the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

WASHINGTON, DC – The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin says security and elections are the most urgent and interconnected priorities in Haiti and called on all stakeholders and the international community to accelerate efforts to restore democratic institutions through a credible electoral process.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew Thursday said he remains in “good spirits” and is continuing to “getting fully active, fully conscious and in stable condition”  as members of his medical team in the United States continue to evaluate his illness.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) says just over half a million voters have been registered across the country as preparations continue for the elections to be held in December this year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A senior Jamaican public official has confirmed that their United States tourist visa was revoked while they were in the country on official business, according to The Sunday Gleaner.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness says while technology is transforming how parliaments operate, it must never replace human judgement or compromise the dignity at the core of democracy.