UNITED NATIONS – The United States has condemned deadly gang attacks against the Kenscoff community in Haiti and called for the rapid deployment of the United Nations-authorized Gang Suppression Force (GSF).

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize and Taiwan have signed a multi-million-dollar agreement aimed at strengthening micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), with a particular focus on women and young entrepreneurs.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has held talks with a bipartisan United States congressional delegation that focused on strengthening the partnership between Guyana and the United States.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago is celebrating its 64th anniversary of Republicanism on Monday with Police Commissioner, Allister Guevarro, telling cittizens the threats to disrupt the celebrations are low and that they should not worry about the series of bomb threats made over the past few days.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has ended a high-level working meeting with Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodriquez, late Monday with both leaders agreeing to deepen the historical ties of friendship, fraternity, and cooperation that unite both countries.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, says the Inter-American community stands in solidarity with the Haitian people and remains committed to supporting them on this path.

UNITED NATIONS – Haiti on Friday said that the massacre that occurred in Kenscoff, a mountainous commune south-east of Port-au-Prince last weekend, underscored the need for the international community to put in place measures to enforce an arms embargo on the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana police say a “go-fast” vessel with the Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed among several people on board,  had been intercepted on Tuesday night after it allegedly failed to stop when asked to do so by law enforcement personnel.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former prime minister Dr. Keith Rowley Monday called on the Trinidad and Tobago government to state how many nationals have had their United States visas revoked.

RICHMOND, Virginia — Jamaican-born retired United States Navy officer Lieutenant Karl M. Bryan, USN (Ret.), was formally installed as Jamaica’s Honorary Consul in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday, August 23, during a ceremony attended by members of the Jamaican community, state and local officials, family and friends.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, Wednesday said that the electoral timetable set by the authorities in Haiti requires “urgent acceleration”  and that there is need to intensify citizen registration and identification, as well as public information, outreach, and voter mobilization campaigns.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin will lead a high-level delegation of regional and international partners to Haiti from August 16 to 19 to strengthen coordination and support Haitian-led efforts to improve security, advance preparations for elections, address urgent humanitarian needs and reinforce governance and long-term development.