PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Wednesday said it has published two orders that allows for the increase in deposit insurance coverage to be  simultaneously matched by a prudent adjustment to the deposit insurance premium.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –   Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced the launch of the REACH Road Rehab Program, a comprehensive national road rehabilitation initiative valued at J$3 billion.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille met with officials from the neighboring Dominican Republic on Friday during a visit the illegally constructed canal on the Massacre River, also known as the Dajabon River.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent –  Parliament has approved legislation making it an offence to consume alcohol in a funeral procession, but stop short of preventing the consumption of alcohol at a cemetery because the government said the boundaries of cemeteries are not clearly defined.

HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday denounced what he says is  the continuous imperial harassment against Venezuela.

PORT AU PRINCE – Prime Minister Garry Conille has told the new commander of the  Armed Forces of Haiti (FAD’H), Lieutenant General Derby Guerrier, that his role will be crucial as efforts continue to bring peace and stability to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, has announced a trade mission to the Caribbean in December this year, with at least 10 New York-based companies going to so far un-named  Caribbean countries with the intention of launching and increasing export s  within what she described as “this economically- important region.."

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation declaring May 21 a public holiday in honour of the Spiritual Baptist faith.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Office of the Attorney General  is preparing to  address concerns about the recently passed cannabis legislation, particularly from the local Rastafarian community.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Marsha Smith, Tuesday resigned with immediate effect.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The chairman of the National Reparations Commission in Suriname, Armand Zunder, says the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  country “can and must learn” from its regional neighbours on how to tackle the decolonization process expeditiously

WASHINGTON, DC – The Biden administration in the United States has voiced disappointment that only two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states – Guyana and Suriname have  endorsed a joint statement calling for democracy in Venezuela.