PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti moved towards holding presidential elections since 2016, after the country’s transitional government adopted the long-awaited electoral law that political commentators say will set in motion the process for restoring democratic rule in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The leader of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP), Allen Chastanet Tuesday said the defeat of the party in Monday’s general election “is not the end of our fight for a better St. Lucia”.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday says he expects to name his cabinet on Tuesday, following last weeks general election in which his ruling New Democratic Party (NDP) won a crushing 14-1 victory at the polls in defeating the Unity Labour Party (ULP) of Dr. Ralph Gonsalves.
WASHINGTON, DC – Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, says the electoral defeat of former St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves does nothing to diminish his significant contribution to Caribbean development.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Monday accused the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) of being financed by the “local drug mafia” of fuelling an anti-United States “narrative” as concerns continue to be raised here over the installation of radar systems by the United States military here.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Office of the Chief Secretary (OCS) of the Tobago House of Assembly says it is seeking full clarification from the Central Government on the installation of a United States–supported radar system at the ANR Robinson International Airport.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The second president of Barbados, Jeffrey Bostic, was sworn in early Sunday during the 59th anniversary of Independence and the fourth as a republic.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada's government has presented an EC$1.9 billion (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) budget to Parliament saying the fiscal package is more than a policy document and is a national call to action.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Former prime minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, whose Unity Labour Party (ULP) was defeated in Thursday’s general election after 25 years in office, say the party is very much alive and he will return to Parliament as Leader of the Opposition.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has confirmed that the United States is installing a new radar system in Tobago to monitor activity within and beyond Trinidad and Tobago’s borders.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Representatives of three political parties and eight independents are on Monday seeking the vote of an estimated 180, 000 voters, who are expected to cast their ballots at 285 polling stations scattered across St. Lucia.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has sought to defend her decision not to inform the country as to the installation of US radar systems in Tobago even as she criticised the former administration for leaving the borders of Trinidad and Tobago exposed.
NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James says she is “heartened” by the dismissal on Monday of the criminal cases against her and former Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) director, James Comey.
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