PARIS – The head of Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council (TPC), Leslie Voltaire, says elections in Haiti will take place in November this year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Security Council has been meeting to discuss the publicly declared positions of United States President, Donald Trump, particularly as it relates to the deportation of illegal immigrants, Information Minister, Dr Dana Morris Dixon said Wednesday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The 15-member regional integration movement, CARICOM, says it is “pleased” to note the decision of the United States government to issue a certification of rescission of the Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has issued a warning to Jamaicans being deported from the United states against carrying out any criminal act in the island.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has held talks with the new United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, saying that the discussions on Monday covered a number of areas.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh, has shot down the possibility of introducing biometrics for this year’s elections, saying the timeline is too tight and significant hurdles remain.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City has launched the first-ever Community Interpreter Bank and the Protect NYC Families initiative to support immigrants amid implementation of President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The outgoing United States ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Candace Bond, leaves here on Monday, becoming the first head of a foreign mission to have been given a Trinidad and Tobago national award.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Inga Rhonda King, has been appointed to serve as co-facilitator within the United Nations Economic and Social Council and High-Level Political Forum.

HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President and First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel described as a brutality act the recent announcement from the Trump administration in the United States about forcibly incarcerating thousands of migrants at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the arrival of 218 Kenyan police and military personnel illustrates the determination of the the government and the international community to eradicate armed gangs and restore peace and security in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  country.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - The former director general of the Haitian National Police (NHP), Mario Andrésol, has been sworn in as the new Secretary of State for Public Security, with Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, saying the “appointment illustrates the government’s desire to address the security challenges of the nation”.