PORT AU PRINCE – Prime Minister Garry Conille has told the new commander of the  Armed Forces of Haiti (FAD’H), Lieutenant General Derby Guerrier, that his role will be crucial as efforts continue to bring peace and stability to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says he intends writing to the Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR) on Monday amid reports that customers of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) customers have been receiving  an “unusual and major spike” in their latest electricity bills.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness Wednesday announced that his administration has established a J$25 million (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) fund that will help solve the murders that took place in Clarendon, south of here, last Sunday.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Office of the Attorney General  is preparing to  address concerns about the recently passed cannabis legislation, particularly from the local Rastafarian community.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –  The Haitian government has defended its decision for senior government officials not to be attend Friday’s inauguration of the second term President Luis Abinade of the Dominican Republic.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Andrew Holness led administration   is seeking to meet its objectives under the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) Act.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Biden administration in the United States has voiced disappointment that only two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states – Guyana and Suriname have  endorsed a joint statement calling for democracy in Venezuela.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The expelled leader of the main opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP), Dr. Ronnie Yearwood, is hoping that the party’s  annual general conference later this week, will reverse the decision to remove him and the former general  secretary, Steve Blackett.

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Haitian counterpart, Garry Conille, have agreed on the importance of working closely with the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) and taking the “appropriate steps” toward holding free and fair elections in the violence-wracked, beleaguered French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands - The United States Virgin islands (USVI) says it has elevated its collaboration with the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  grouping and is working towards a technical cooperation agreement.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says a national consultation on constitutional reform will be held in October this year  dismissing in the process, opposition suggestion of an early general election in Trinidad and Tobago.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP)says it will no longer pursue legal action challenging the decision taken by Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) to conduct a voter identification card replacement program instead of a complete re-registration exercise.