BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew late Saturday night reiterated that Trinidad and Tobago was not “uninvited”  to the retreat where a decision was taken to reappoint Belizean economist Dr. Carla Barnett as Secretary General of the 15-member regional integration grouping.

PARAMARIBO,  Suriname – President Jennifer Greelings-Simons Monday said that the Suriname will remember the many years of service former head of state, Chandrikapersad ‌Santokhi, provided to the country following his sudden death on Monday.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James is among a coalition of 17 attorneys general urging the United States Congress to pass legislation that would require the Donald Trump administration to provide swift refunds due to what they described as “Trump’s illegal tariffs”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali Wednesday defended the procedure used to re-appoint Belizean economist Dr.  Carla Barnett for another five-year term as Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General saying “I was involved in the discussions as all other heads on the reappointment of the Secretary General.

NEW YORK, New York – Guyana-born attorney, Michelle R. DeSouza-Forte, is seeking a seat on the Kings County (Brooklyn) Civil Court bench.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Department of State says it is expanding its visa bond program to apply to a total of 50 countries, including Grenada, on April 2 to “combat illegal overstay rates”.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States human rights group, Human Rights Watch, has condemned the latest US military strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea that killed four people.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana is moving to strengthen surveillance and security capabilities within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as it deepens strategic partnerships to safeguard key economic assets and its airspace.

WASHINGTON, DC – Three United States Senators on Friday introduced a War Powers Resolution in their bid to restrain President Donald Trump on Cuba.

NEW YORK, New York – Immigration advocates rallied at the State Capitol in Albany on Wednesday, calling for the swift passage of the New York for All Act to strengthen protections for immigrants across the state.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) us giving its “full and emphatic endorsement” of a United Nations General Assembly resolution filed by Ghana declaring the trafficking and racialized, inter-generational chattel enslavement of Africans as among the gravest crimes against humanity.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Homeland Security Minister, Roger Alexander, says the United States has provided Trinidad and Tobago with a list of “persons of interest” in the country linked to illegal drugs, guns and violence.