PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Friday dismissed a call by the opposition for him to make provisions to ensure that regional and international observers are invited to monitor the general elections in Trinidad and Tobago next year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Leader of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding says a future PNP administration will pursue a land and housing program dubbed ‘PORTIA’ in honor of Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaica’s first woman prime minister.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is moving ahead with  its preparations for the upcoming September 30 by-election in the constituency of North East St. Ann.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  Prime Minister Andrew Holness has instructed his attorneys to initiate legal action against senior members of the  main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) following comments about the Integrity Commission’s report on his financial affairs.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Opposition Leader, Dr Keith Mitchell, under pressure to give up the leadership of the main opposition New National Party (NNP) has conceded that “one day, maybe sooner rather than later”  that he will have to do so.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica will begin its participation in the multi-national security operation in Haiti, with the deployment of 24 members of its own security forces.

NEW YORK, New York – New York State Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie on Wednesday joined elected colleagues and gun violence prevention advocates in unveiling legislation in the wake of the Labor Day, September 2 shooting at the West Indian Day Carnival Parade on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – President of Cricket West Indies (CWI),Dr. Kishore Shallow, has been selected as a candidate for the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) to contest the next general election in St. Vincent and the Grenadines that is constitutionally due by February 2026, but widely expected by December 2025.

ST.  JOHN’S, Antigua –  The Antigua and Barbuda government is expected to table a series of anti crime and violence legislation in Parliament later on Tuesday as the country moves to deal with an outburst of criminal activities in recent months.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Andrew Holness led administration  has completed the public sector compensation restructuring exercise with one of the largest grouping of trade unions in the country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Prime Minister of  Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves believes that having Nicolas Maduro as the president of Venezuela, is in the best interest of the government of Guyana’s oil sector.

NEW YORK, New York – On the eve of the end of his tenure as President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to the UN Dennis Francis said he remained “bullish on the UN”, despite mounting crises.