DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has renewed her call for reparation for the Atlantic slave trade saying she does not consider the issue a contentious one.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize has become the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to signal its intention to replace the Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and adopt republican status.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Friday said Dominica has not established diplomatic relations with Syria, even as he acknowledged that “earlier this week” he had been informed of that situation by Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Kenneth Darroux.

WASHINGTON , DC - Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness arrived at the Reagan International airport in Washington DC on Tuesday night for a five-day working visit in the United States Capitol.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says it will use the three-day visit of the British Royal couple, to raise several issues including Jamaica becoming a republic as well as support for the Reparations Movement.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley Wednesday re-shuffled his near two-year old cabinet appointing a new Attorney General and shifting some of his more senior ministers to new portfolios.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former Police Commissioner Gary Griffith has stated that he is now interested in becoming the Prime Minister of the twin island republic.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government says it will provide J$25,000 (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) in vouchers to operators of public passenger vehicles, including route taxi operators and contract carriage operators, to cushion the rising cost of fuel.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke says she voted in support of omnibus legislation to fund the US Government and provide US$13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – More than 450,000 low- and middle-income households, consuming up to 200 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per month, will receive a 20 percent contribution towards their bill payments over the next four months, Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. Nigel Clarke has announced.

NEW YORK, New York – Newly appointed United States ambassador to Jamaica, Nick Perry has endorsed Caribbean American community activist, Monique Chandler-Waterman,  as his likely successor in the 58th New York State Assembly District in Brooklyn, New York, which he has held for several years..

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Robert Montague, a member of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has resigned from Cabinet in the wake of a damning report from the Integrity Commission on the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) in which Montague was cited for knowingly granting a firearm permit to six people with criminal traces when he was National Security Minister.