PARAMARIBO, Suriname - Suriname's government has dismissed allegations that Office of the President has sanctioned the wiretapping of persons in the country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and a police officer were remanded to prison on Friday after being charged under the Cybercrime Act in connection with the alleged leak of government surveillance footage.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Tuesday congratulated St. Vincent and the Grenadines on its 47th anniversary of political independence from Britain, saying that it values the “strong partnership” between Washington and Kingstown.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne says Antigua and Barbuda will continue to engage the United States and European Union in efforts to resolve concerns surrounding its Citizenship by Investment Programme (CBI), warning that mounting international pressures threaten the country’s economic interests and the mobility of its citizens.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has told Dominicans that they must “reflect honestly on the work of nation-building” as the country prepares to celebrate 48 years of political independence from Britain on Tuesday.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize government has confirmed the resignation of Ambassador Alexis Rosado from his position as Co-Agent for Belize in the cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

NASSAU, Bahamas – Former United States National Basketball Association (NBA) player, Rick Fox, has announced his intention to see a leadership position within the main opposition Free National Movement (FNM).

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica Wednesday confirmed that nine of the 22 people sent to the island from the United States under that country’s third-country nationals (TCNs) project, have left the island, with Kingston maintained that they were not criminals.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Oliver Mair, Monday dismissed social media reports as “false and mischievous” which suggested that Prime Minister Andrew Holness was required to wait in immigration lines at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport, during a recent visit to the North American country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Ten of the 22 persons who arrived in Jamaica earlier this month under the Third Country Nationals (TCN) arrangement have departed.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police Wednesday arrested Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara residence as they continue their probe into his possession of a government surveillance video related to a shooting incident earlier this month

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government has imposed an immediate halt to all official overseas travel across the public sector until March next year, as the Andrew Holness administration moves to contain expenditure.