BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceño Monday announced that the Belize government has negotiated more than a quarter billion dollar (One Belize dollar=US$0.49 cents) reduction in the debt owed to Venezuela under the PetroCaribe initiative.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Cuba has accepted an offer from the CARICOM to join the Ministerial Task Force on Agriculture, according to a statement issued here by the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The Biden administration in the United States has been called on to stop spreading false information about the government and people of Cuba.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday night announced a 13-member Cabinet, less than a week after his ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) comfortably won the general election that was boycotted by the major opposition parties here.

WASHINGTON, DC, - Prime Minister Andrew Holness arrived in Washington on Tuesday for a five-day visit, from 6th -10th December, and was met on arrival at the Ronald Reagan International Airport by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States HE Audrey Marks.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados is observing the first anniversary of being a republic as well as 56 years of political independence from Britain, with Prime Minister Mia Mottley urging Barbadians to come together to build a new and developing society by 2030.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has paid tribute to 12 countries with which the nation celebrates 60 years of diplomatic relations since 1962.

NEW YORK, New York – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), and the Brooklyn Democratic Party Leader, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, have welcomed the US government’s decision to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti for an additional 18 months.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is urging Dominica to go out and cast their ballots in the December 6 general election that he has called two years ahead of the constitutional deadline, even though the main opposition parties continue to urge their supporters to stay away.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago – Watson Duke, leader of Tobago’s ruling party, the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP), has written to the Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Abby Taylor demanding that she declare vacant the seats of 13 members who resigned from the party.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – CARICOM will be fielding an Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to the Commonwealth of Dominica to monitor the General Elections to be held on Tuesday, December 6,

BELMOPAN, Belize – Prime Minister John Briceño has returned from an official visit to Venezuela signing a joint declaration committing to strengthening the close bonds of friendship and solidarity between the two countries.