NEW YORK, New York –  Guyanese social media activist, Melissa “Melly-Mel” Atwell-Holder, was on Friday granted a US$7,5000 bond after being detained earlier this month, pending her deportation to her homeland.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has recorded a 30 percent decrease in murders since the start of the year, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has said.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has described the late Sir Robert Allen Barrett, as “the single-most successful entrepreneur who relied on accumulated capital from early ventures to finance succeeding hotel and hospitality projects,”  across the region.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's government says it has received information on the alleged multi-million dollar tax evasion by two Guyanese nationals and their company in the export of more than 10,000 kilogrammes of gold.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Trinidad and Tobago government Wednesday expressed its disappointment at the decision of the United Kingdom government to impose with immediate effect, a visa requirement for Trinidad and Tobago nationals wanting to travel to or transiting the UK including on short visits.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) – the government owned transportation company,  will shortly commence testing of a self-charging battery electric bus.

Washington DC – Newly-appointed Minister with responsibility for efficiency, innovation and digital transformation Senators, Hon. Ambassador Audrey Marks, the long-serving ambassador to the United States and to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C., is being bestowed with the prestigious American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) Trailblazer Award for the Class of 2025.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime  Minister Andrew Holness has described the late reggae legend Colvin ‘Cocoa Tea’ Scott as a beacon of kindness and generosity, consistently “uplifting the less fortunate and embodying the warmth of our nation”.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government says it is reviewing policy options for the regulation of moorings, as well as the status of existing leases, technology developments, and mechanisms for more efficient oversight and enforcement.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – The ruling Progressive Labour Party (PLP) Tuesday mourned the death of one of its founding members, Eldridge Eugene Woods, saying he had played a significant role in ending racial segregation and securing the vote for every Bermudian.

NEW YORK, New York – Immigration advocates and lawmakers have called for an investment of US$165 million in the State budget for immigration legal services and infrastructure for immigrants.

PORT OF SPAIN,  Trinidad – A High Court judge has ordered the Trinidad and Tobago government to pay an estimated TT$70,000 in compensation to an international tobacco distributor with a free zone designation, after the business had been wrongly shut down for a month by the Ministry of Health in 2023.