BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has become the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to indicate that it will participate in a multinational security force seeking to restore peace and stability in Haiti.

NEW YORK, New York – The United States is seeking to generate support for the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, has criticized Venezuela’s position regarding Guyana’s on going oil auction.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – An opposition legislator says he has been blocked from leaving Guyana to attend a meeting with United States lawmakers and other officials on the political and economic situation in the country.

UNITED NATIONS – Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry has called for a “tangible lasting “ solution to the crisis in Haiti that he says has not reached a “critical point” as he urged the international community to answer the call for a peacekeeping force.

SANTO Domingo, Dominican Republic -President Luis Abinader, has defended his decision to completely close the land, air and sea borders with Haiti last Friday as the two countries that make up the Caribbean island of Hispaniola continue to be at odds over the construction of an irrigation canal in Haiti.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – The Bermuda government has maintained its silence on whether or not a ransom has been made as the British Overseas Territory continues to grapple with a “cyber attack” that severely hampered government information systems.

UNITED NATIONS – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has “successful discussions” with President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic as the two countries seek to “deepening the cooperation given their strong historical and economic ties”.

HAVANA, Cuba – The Bahamas has called on the Group of 77 to support initiatives aimed at getting the United Nations to be regarded as a “more inclusive and effective body” for international tax cooperation and administration.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Juliet Holness, the wife of Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and a Member of the House of Representatives, was on Tuesday elected Speaker, replacing Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert who stepped down from the post and as a legislator last Thursday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The  Speaker of the House,   Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert who is also the  Member of Parliament for the constituency of  South Trelawny, tendered her resignation on Thursday amid mounting pressure in relation to  eight charges laid against her  recently by the Integrity Commission (IC).

WASHINGTON, DC – Guyana has called for a transitional government in Haiti as the country grapples with a political and socio-economic situation that has led to increase gang warfare and the collapse of many of the democratic institutions.