ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that a by-election will be held in the Roseau North constituency on September 7, following the resignation of former parliamentary representative Miriam Blanchard.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has instructed the Office of the Attorney General to review penalties for artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content after a fisherfolk raised concerns over a significant drop in sales linked to misinformation of the MV Barima tragedy.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Attorney General Anil Nandlall is defending the decision to establish a Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy that left 72 people dead and more than 30 others missing and presumed dead when the vessel capsized on July 18.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The British Virgin Islands is developing a new water policy outlining assistance and subsidies for farmers as it moves ahead with plans to improve water storage at the Paraquita Bay Agricultural Station.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, says Africa and the Caribbean must strengthen their historic partnership to achieve economic prosperity and advance reparatory justice for future generations.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama says the consequences of the transatlantic slave trade and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans did not end with emancipation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Arizona television news anchor and Republican politician Kari Lake will have to wait until at least September for a possible Senate vote on her nomination as the next United States Ambassador to Jamaica.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Dominica government says it will establish a National Population Renewal and Global Dominican Engagement Programme as part of the policy towards increasing the island’s population to 100,000 by 2040.

ST. JOHN’S,  Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda government is stepping up its diplomatic efforts to get the United States to review its visa restriction and visa bond programme as they affect Antiguans and Barbudans.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prominent Dominican businessman, Gregor Nassief, Friday left open the option of taking legal action to force the government to address what he has described as “disturbing” issues within the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – As the nation marks 64 years of Independence amid ongoing post-Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts, Prime Minister, Dr.  Andrew Holness, has called on Jamaicans to unite behind what he describes as the first major national rebuilding initiative of the country’s post-Independence era.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is establishing joint army and police posts at 30 communities across the country within the next four months.