KINGSTON, Jamaica – Leader of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding says a future PNP administration will pursue a land and housing program dubbed ‘PORTIA’ in honor of Portia Simpson-Miller, Jamaica’s first woman prime minister.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is moving ahead with  its preparations for the upcoming September 30 by-election in the constituency of North East St. Ann.

HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says the recent visit to the island by the speaker of Trinidad-Tobago House of Representatives, Bridgid Annisette-George will mark a landmark in bilateral relations between the two nations.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Opposition Leader, Dr Keith Mitchell, under pressure to give up the leadership of the main opposition New National Party (NNP) has conceded that “one day, maybe sooner rather than later”  that he will have to do so.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica will begin its participation in the multi-national security operation in Haiti, with the deployment of 24 members of its own security forces.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has defended his administration’s continued use of States of Emergency as a crime fighting tool following criticism from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – President of Cricket West Indies (CWI),Dr. Kishore Shallow, has been selected as a candidate for the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) to contest the next general election in St. Vincent and the Grenadines that is constitutionally due by February 2026, but widely expected by December 2025.

ST.  JOHN’S, Antigua –  The Antigua and Barbuda government is expected to table a series of anti crime and violence legislation in Parliament later on Tuesday as the country moves to deal with an outburst of criminal activities in recent months.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says the new Permanent Representative of Barbados, Victor Fernandes, has presented his credentials to OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Prime Minister of  Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves believes that having Nicolas Maduro as the president of Venezuela, is in the best interest of the government of Guyana’s oil sector.

NEW YORK, New York – On the eve of the end of his tenure as President of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to the UN Dennis Francis said he remained “bullish on the UN”, despite mounting crises. 

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Trinidad and Tobago will be the venue for a two-day training course for women in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) contesting or hoping to contest general elections in their countries.