PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The United States Friday announced that it had further strengthened its bilateral relations with Trinidad and Tobago on security cooperation following the activation of Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government has said that the search and recovery operations following the MV Barima tragedy, resulting in the deaths of 73 people and more than 30 others missing and presumed dead, have ended.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)  says it will on Wednesday this week deliver its judgment in the appeal of the Guyana Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed and his businessman father, Nazar Mohamed regarding his extradition to the United States where he is wanted on several fraud related matters.

BRASILIA, Brazil – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and INTERPOL, the world’s largest international police network, have announced a collaboration through the Alliance for Security, Justice, and Development’s Rapid Response Task Force to deliver specialized support to countries facing security and justice challenges across Latin America and the Caribbean.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Government and the opposition traded blame as to who is responsible for Thursday’s island-wide power outage that the government said was due to a suspected underground cable fault and explosion at the Blue Hill Power Station.

ROSEAU, Dominica - Two Americans were found guilty on Tuesday of the murders of Canadian businessman and his partner whose bodies were found in a burnt out vehicle on December 1,  2023.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government on Monday launched a nationwide consultation process aimed at creating a new standard for how villages across the country should look and function, with the long-term goal of improving the quality of life for residents in communities throughout the country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A National Survey on Social Media Use and the Protection of Children has found that nine out of every 10 Jamaicans support government regulation of minors’ social media use.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government will consider making the area where the MV Barima sank on July 18, killing at more than 100 people into a memorial, should the relatives of the families of those who have died agree to that option, Prime Minister Mark Phillips said on Tuesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says developments in Trinidad and Tobago, where government’s suspension of public advertising contracts with news outlets, reflect a broader trend across the Caribbean.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana on Thursday officially swore in a five-member Commission of Inquiry to investigate the sinking of the MV Barima earlier this month, a maritime disaster that is believed to have claimed the lives of more than 100 people. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The non-governmental organisation – Fi We Children Foundation,  has joined calls for the sex offenders registry to be made public, following the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in the northern parish of Trelawny last week. Shani Coke in Trelawny.