CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia's government has dismissed opposition concerns that the United Kingdom government would place visa restrictions on citizens here as it did with Dominica last week solely for migration and border security reasons.

BRUSSELS – St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister, Dr. Terrance Drew, says his Twin Island Federation supports the innovative approaches which the Bridgetown Initiative advocates.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts-Nevis Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Jacinth Henry-Martin has hailed her reappointment to the post as “a high honor”.

NEW YORK, New York – Jamaica's Consulate General in New York on Saturday said that Consul General Alsion Wilson has assumed the chair of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Consular Corps in New York

Washington, DC - Jamaica’s Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador to the United States Her Excellency Audrey Marks, was today, for the fourth time sworn in as Chair of the Permanent Council of the OAS.

NASSAU, Bahamas – National Security Minister, Wayne Munroe, says he expects a gun amnesty initiative to be introduced here this week aimed at curbing the gun crime situation in The Bahamas.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – President Chandrikapersad Santokhi says the Euro 200 million (One Euro-US$1.29 cents) promised by the Dutch government to finance social initiatives for its role in the slave trade in Suriname should not be regarded as the end of the process.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – France has given its support in principle to a multinational force in Haiti to restore peace and stability in the country as the UN Security Council has urged countries to provide security support to the country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Rwandan President Paul Kagame has urged Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to move beyond declarations of intent and look to solidify their relationship with Africa while focusing “on concrete initiatives which address the challenges that nations like ours face today”.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Dominica government Thursday described as “unfortunate” the decision of the United Kingdom government to impose with immediate effect a visa regime on Dominica and several other countries.

BRUSSELS – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Monday said he expects “mature” discussions to take place during the two-day European Union and the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (CELAC) summit that gets underway here on Monday.

PORT OF Spain, Trinidad – CARICOM leaders began the first step towards the next five decades of regional integration, expressing every confidence that their deliberations and decisions to be taken over the next three days will achieve that objective,