GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali is calling for a comprehensive reparations framework that addresses the lasting developmental inequalities caused by slavery, including through concessional financing, debt relief and targeted investment, rather than direct monetary compensation.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed was on Friday granted GUY$750,000 bail after he appeared Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court here on gun-related crimes.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda government is reiterating that funding and support arrangements must be put in place even as several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have agreed to accept third-country national (TCN) deportees from the United States.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has called for a serious review of the death penalty as a possible response to heinous crimes after the body of six-year-old was found among other debris near the canal by the sea dam in Bath Settlement, Berbice on Tuesday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Andrew Holness led administration says it has shielded consumers and businesses from more than US$23 million in potential fuel price increases since February through the pricing mechanism operated by state-owned oil refinery Petrojam.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - The main opposition New National Party (NNP) Sunday launched its “Better Grenada” rally ahead of the November 5 general election with party leader Emmalin Pierre telling supporters that they should remain focus on winning the general election that has been called almost a year ahead of the constitutional deadline.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Security Council is to meet this week to discuss last week’s fatal police operation that left five people dead including two officers dead, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s House of Representatives has approved amendments to the Jury Act aimed at strengthening the courts’ response to jury tampering and preventing disruptions to criminal trials.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) is threatening legal action if Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is allowed to exercise a veto over who should be in charge when carrying out activities under the recently passed Special Operations Bill (SOB).

NEW YORK, New York – Immigration advocates have welcomed New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s call for parking garage and lot owners to prevent United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from using their properties to stage immigration enforcement operations.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says he has instructed members of the Cabinet and officials of the public administration “to demonstrate neutrality and impartiality and to provide their full support to the smooth running of the electoral process” as Haiti prepares for a December 13 election.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has recorded a 24 per cent reduction in murders since the beginning of the year, even as questions were raised in Parliament about the number of people fatally shot by the security forces.