WASHINGTON, DC – As the Trump administration intensified its military build-up in the Caribbean, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the deployment of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, and its carrier air wing, to the Caribbean in aid of what the administration says is its counter-drug initiative.

ST. GEORGES, Grenada – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says he welcomes the ongoing “raging”  public debate regarding a request by the United States to temporarily install a radar at the Maurice Bishop International Airport (MBIA) and the deployment of US military assets on or near Grenada.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former foreign affairs minister, Dr.  Amery Browne, Monday accused the Trinidad and Tobago government of “deliberately” misconstruing “basic CARICOM principles and concepts” amid regional media reports that Port of Spain’s nomination for a position on the United Nations Security Council for the period 2027-28 could be in jeopardy.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Sunday reiterated that it has no concrete evidence that two of its nationals  were killed when the United States military bombed a small vessel in international waters near the coast of Venezuela as part of its war on the illegal drugs trade in the region.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says the construction of a National Heroes and Heritage Park is the beginning of an important journey for a place that will become a lasting symbol of national identity in Grenada.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition legislators Tuesday walked out of the Parliament accusing the Speaker, Juliet Holness, of preventing them from asking questions of the Water and Environment Minister, Matthew Samuda.

NEW YORK, New York – Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette. D. Clarke has joined immigration advocates in New York in strongly condemning a raid on Tuesday on Canal Street in Lower Manhattan’s Chinatown by agents from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and the US Department of Homeland Security.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The opposition Alliance For Change (AFC) Tuesday urged the public and the media to allow the judicial process to take its course after one of its members were arrested by police on Monday night during a drug exercise.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago Sunday reiterated its position why it is standing apart from its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbors in declining to back a regional position on key security and regional stability issues, including the growing presence of the United States military in the region.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government is defending its decision to table legislation aimed at transferring funds from dormant accounts to the Disaster Emergency Fund saying that conservative estimates suggest that over 40 per cent of the country’s national debt exists because of climate change.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad Bissessar, says she is not concerned if regional countries decide to withdraw their support for Port of Spain as it seeks a position on the United Nations Security Council for the period 2027-28.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Venezuelan Ambassador to Dominica, Jose Durabio Moros Savelli, is urging Caribbean countries to unite in opposing the military buildup by the United States in waters off the South American country saying that it is important for preserving peace in the Caribbean.