GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the African Union (AU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance effective cooperation and collaboration between the organizations.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The government of Haiti has called on officials in  the neighboring Dominican Republic to respect the rights of Haitian immigrants.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Justice (ret’d) Seymour Panton, Chairman of Jamaica’s Integrity Commission (IC), has vowed that neither he nor the commission’s members and staff will be intimidated by a wave of threats and defamatory remarks aimed at undermining their work.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - The Office of Communication of the Presidency said that the ceremony for the transfer of power between the outgoing President of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC), Edgard Leblanc Fils and his successor, Leslie Voltaire will take place later on Monday, at the Villa d’Accueil. But in a video message, Leblanc Fils said he not ratify the handover, citing unresolved corruption accusations against three other council members.

NEW DELHI, India –  Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the opening of Jamaica’s High Commission in New Delhi, symbolizes his country’s  commitment to strengthening its presence in India.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Former Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis is calling for decisive action to restore public trust in the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) following allegations of corruption that surfaced two months ago, resulting in a senior officer being placed on leave.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti –  Prime Minister Garry Conille is on a visit to Kenya and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with security of the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country high on his agenda.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) maintained its comfortable advantage in the Parliament after the former minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Matthew Samuda, easily won Monday’s by-election in the party’s  stronghold constituency of St Ann North Eastern.

WASHINGTON, DC– The United States has imposed sanctions on former member of Haiti’s Parliament, Prophane Victor, “for his role in forming, supporting, and arming gangs that have committed serious human rights abuse in Haiti.”

WASHINGTON, DC – The Permanent Representative of Belize Lynn Raymond Young on Friday assumed the chair of the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Finance Minister Colm Imbert Monday presented a budget of TT$59.7billion to Parliament indicating that the government had taken a “deliberate decision not to increase or reduce any existing taxes”.

UNITED NATIONS – Dominica, which is moving towards becoming the world’s first climate resilient country, Wednesday appealed to the international community to honour its obligations made as a result of the impact of climate change on small island developing states (SIDS) like itself.