UNITED NATIONS – The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, Thursday sad there has been steady growth in the calls for the long overdue reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with regards to its equitable representation on and increase in the membership.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre has defended his stewardship of the island, two years after his St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) romped to a convicting victory in the July 2021 general election.

KINGSTON, Jamaica  - Jamaica's Supreme Court has ruled that Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith committed no breach in relation to donations received in her failed bid for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Former premier Wayne Panton has confirmed his departure from the PACT coalition government, less than 24 hours after it survived a motion of no confidence, telling Caymanians he is praying that they “will always look into the mirror of our national destiny and like what they see”.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Premier Wayne Panton’s coalition government survived a motion of no confidence late Tuesday night with the opposition failing to receive the necessary two-thirds majority required to unseat the administration as outlined in the constitution of the British Overseas territory.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The newly appointed United States Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot says she will use her tenure here to further support the bilateral defense partnership “that will enhance our mutual security goals, address cross-cutting threats, and advance regional security”.

Nassau, Bahamas - In a passionate address to the Senate on November 8, Senator Barry Griffin emphasized the critical need for consumer protection in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Highlighting the proposed Consumer Protection Bill 2023, Senator Griffin emphasized the bill's stringent elements to safeguard the rights of all consumers in the country, irrespective of their political affiliation or voting status.

UNITED NATIONS – President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, says that when questions about the relevance of the United Nations are echoing louder “If we are honest, we must accept that there is a certain legitimacy to these questions”.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Premier David Burt Monday said that there were “broad benefits” to gain from Bermuda seeking full membership of the regional integration grouping, CARICOM, even as he acknowledged it “is not something that has been on the front burner”.

LONDON, UK – Venezuela has vowed to go ahead with its December 3 referendum as it seeks to gain ownership of the mineral and forest-rich county of Essequibo in Guyana.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Venezuela’s ambassador to Guyana, Carlos Amador Pérez Silva, says the South American country has no intention of invading Guyana even if the December 4 referendum approves the move by Caracas to have Guyana's Essequibo region declared as a part of his country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The personal information of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley, including his passport number as well as his date of birth and a post office box address, are among documents found to have been compromised in the cyberattack on the Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), the Trinidad Guardian newspaper has reported.