UNITED NATIONS – Chile has called on the 80-year-old United Nations to elect a woman to head the organization and is suggesting that the person comes from Latin America and the Caribbean.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former prime minister Dr. Keith Rowley Monday denied signing an agreement with the United States that would allow Washington to use Trinidad and Tobago as a staging ground to attack neighbouring countries such as Venezuela, while reiterating that the Caribbean region should always remain a zone of peace.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Former Grenada foreign minister Peter David Sunday night launched the Democratic People’s Movement (DPM) at a time of profound global change which he said “is shifting in ways that directly affect our survival as small island states.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - Grenada's government says it will amend the existing fishing legislation, increasing also the penalty as the island seeks to comply with measures outlined by the United States government.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party Tuesday gave the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir,  a 14-day deadline to convene a meeting of the Assembly in order to elect an opposition leader.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the presence of United States military troops in  the region has already contributed to a “significant reduction in  the trafficking of guns, drugs, and humans” into Trinidad and Tobago, even as the Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro warned that Trinidad and Tobago’s joint military drills with the United States could “threaten peace” in the Caribbean.

BELMOPAN, Belize - Prime Minister John Briceño has confirmed the resignation of his Agriculture Minister, Jose Abelardo Mai, dismissing suggestions that his administration is “crumbling” as he announced a second cabinet re=shuffle in less than a month.

ST. JOHN, Antigua –  Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, leaves here on Monday as part of a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) delegation expressing solidarity with Jamaica following the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28 as a category 5 storm that killed 45, with 13 other people missing.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali Monday gave an eight-month deadline to fully digitise the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) as he outlined a number of initiatives to expedite the country’s National Digitalisation Programme.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has dismissed concerns raised by her predecessor, Dr. Keith Rowley regarding the security of Trinidad and Tobago as the United States increases its military presence in the Caribbean region.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Monday urged the United States to settle its difference with Venezuela ”through diplomacy and dialogue” reiterating that the Caribbean region should be a zone of peace.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The extradition proceedings against billionaire businessman Nazar Mohamed and his son, the opposition legislator, Azruddin Mohamed, haven been adjourned to November 24 following a brief resumption here on Monday.