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.

HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says the recent visit to the island by the speaker of Trinidad-Tobago House of Representatives, Bridgid Annisette-George will mark a landmark in bilateral relations between the two nations.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –  Less than 24 hours after the incumbent Marsha Smith announced her resignation with immediate effect, Prime Minister Andrew Holness Wednesday announced that a by-election will be held in the North East St Ann constituency at the end of the month.

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.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has defended his administration’s continued use of States of Emergency as a crime fighting tool following criticism from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Wednesday said it has published two orders that allows for the increase in deposit insurance coverage to be  simultaneously matched by a prudent adjustment to the deposit insurance premium.

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.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says the new Permanent Representative of Barbados, Victor Fernandes, has presented his credentials to OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro. 

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent –  Parliament has approved legislation making it an offence to consume alcohol in a funeral procession, but stop short of preventing the consumption of alcohol at a cemetery because the government said the boundaries of cemeteries are not clearly defined.

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. 

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Trinidad and Tobago will be the venue for a two-day training course for women in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) contesting or hoping to contest general elections in their countries.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, has announced a trade mission to the Caribbean in December this year, with at least 10 New York-based companies going to so far un-named  Caribbean countries with the intention of launching and increasing export s  within what she described as “this economically- important region.."