WASHINGTON, DC – As legal groups file a lawsuit against United States President Donald J. Trump’s new birthright citizenship order for immigrants, the administration has established a task force for ending what it described as “birth tourism”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana and the United States Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) intended to enhance the existing Memorandum of Security Cooperation between the two countries.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that a by-election will be held in the Roseau North constituency on September 7, following the resignation of former parliamentary representative Miriam Blanchard.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia government says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States regarding the deportation of third-country nationals to the Caribbean Community CARICOM) country.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre Monday said that Opposition Leader Allen Chastanet was intent on damaging “the good name of the country”  when he sent correspondence to several regional and international organisations questioning the transparency, governance, and financial management, including the audit independence of the St. Lucia Social Development Fund (SSDF).

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The British Virgin Islands is developing a new water policy outlining assistance and subsidies for farmers as it moves ahead with plans to improve water storage at the Paraquita Bay Agricultural Station.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson, Friday condemned “in the strongest possible terms”, the unauthorised disclosure and publication of confidential material relating to the internal deliberations and confidential correspondence of the Court.

BRADES, Montserrat – The Montserrat government says it has advanced efforts at strengthening relationships with Martinique and Guadeloupe in a number of areas that can directly impact the development of the British Overseas Territory.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Arizona television news anchor and Republican politician Kari Lake will have to wait until at least September for a possible Senate vote on her nomination as the next United States Ambassador to Jamaica.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A senior United States government official Monday said he has been “saddened” that over the years, Washington’s relationship “with our friends in the Caribbean have not been as close as they should be”

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados is introducing new legislation allowing for immigration authorities to screen travellers before they arrive in the country.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prominent Dominican businessman, Gregor Nassief, Friday left open the option of taking legal action to force the government to address what he has described as “disturbing” issues within the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme.