WASHINGTON, DC, - Prime Minister Andrew Holness arrived in Washington on Tuesday for a five-day visit, from 6th -10th December, and was met on arrival at the Ronald Reagan International Airport by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States HE Audrey Marks.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados is observing the first anniversary of being a republic as well as 56 years of political independence from Britain, with Prime Minister Mia Mottley urging Barbadians to come together to build a new and developing society by 2030.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Members of Parliament on Friday elected Katherine Ebanks-Wilks as the new speaker  following a vote held during a special meeting of the house.

NEW YORK, New York – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), and the Brooklyn Democratic Party Leader, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, have welcomed the US government’s decision to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti for an additional 18 months.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is urging Dominica to go out and cast their ballots in the December 6 general election that he has called two years ahead of the constitutional deadline, even though the main opposition parties continue to urge their supporters to stay away.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Senators from the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), on Friday maintained their stance and voted against an extension of the states of emergency declared in seven parishes islandwide.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – CARICOM will be fielding an Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to the Commonwealth of Dominica to monitor the General Elections to be held on Tuesday, December 6,

BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceño has returned from an official visit to Venezuela signing a joint declaration committing to strengthening the close bonds of friendship and solidarity between the two countries.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – Eight months after he was arrested in the United States, former Prime Minister Andrew Fahie has written a farewell letter to his former colleagues of the House of Assembly, urging them to keep fighting for the prosperity of the territory and focus on the areas that unite them as Virgin Islanders.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The Biden administration in the United States has been called on to stop spreading false information about the government and people of Cuba.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government says it will consider imposing states of emergencies (SOE) in seven parishes across the island, even as the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) insists there is no reason for the government to suspend the basic human rights of half the Jamaican population where states of emergency have been declared.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Government is moving to prepare legislation that will provide stiffer penalties for murder, says Prime Minister Andrew Holness.