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.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica business community is calling for the public to respect the ongoing processes relating to the Integrity Commission’s report on the financial affairs of Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

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.

NEW YORK, New York – Haiti’s Prime Minister Garry Conille held talks with his Jamaican counterpart, Andrew Holness on the security siltation in Haiti.

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.”

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary General Antonio  Guterres has congratulated Haiti on the establishment of governance arrangements to oversee the political transition in the country.

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.

PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago has formally established diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine, four months after the twin island republic said it has formally recognized the State of Palestine in May.