BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has defended her government’s  decision to push ahead with legislation that is designed and will be implemented with a clear purpose, to protect and to grow jobs, to enhance foreign and domestic investment, and to grow the for all Barbadians, especially in a very uncertain global environment.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands – A United States federal jury has convicted the former Director of the USVI Office of Management and Budget, Jenifer O’Neal on all counts in a high-profile bribery and corruption case, following a landmark trial in St Thomas.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has secured a spot on the 2025 Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list, where she ranks No. 99 among the globe’s most influential political, business, and philanthropic leaders.

ROSEAU, Dominica - The Dominica government Tuesday night said that it is seeking to “obtain formal clarification on the scope of the measures”  announced by President Donald Trump earlier in which he stated that nationals the island and two other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries would either be “fully” restricted or have limited entry into the United States.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The new cabinet of Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre was sworn into office on Friday amidst a warning that no ministerial position is “cast in stone”  and there is “no monopoly for any minister”.

WASHINGTON, DC – United States legislators on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the US’ seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, flying the Guyana flag.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former CARICOM and Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr.  Amery Browne, has described as “deceptive” a statement issued by the Trinidad and Tobago government on Monday indicating that it had granted approval for United States military aircraft to transit the local airspace “in the coming weeks”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Former opposition leader, Aubrey Norton, Friday said he is not fully convinced that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is an alleged narco-terrorist as alleged by the United States.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Grenada has opened an honorary consulate in Guyana as the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states seek to further deepen their relations in a wide range of areas ranging from tourism to agriculture.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government is moving to transition its post-Hurricane Melissa relief efforts from physical distribution to a voucher system by early in the New Year.

WASHINGTON, DC – Democratic legislators in the US Congress have urged Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to provide all members of Congress and the public with the full, unedited video of the September 2 strikes on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean.  

WASHINGTON, DC - The Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Mission (OEM) says on the night of the elections in St. Lucia on December1, the transmission process did not work precisely as anticipated with results “bypassing the verification stage in some instances”.