WASHINGTON, DC – The Donald Trump administration says it is taking steps to impose visa restrictions and revoke the visas of two Haitian Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) members and their immediate family members including their children.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Outgoing Indian Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, Dr. Amit Telang has renewed an invitation to Prime Minister Gaston Browne to visit the Asian country he has described as “an inspiration to us a Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The leader of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed, Tuesday failed in his attempt to meet with the Speaker of Parliament, Manzoor Nadir, as the uncertainty continues over the election of an opposition leader.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The House of Representatives has commenced debate on legislation to modernise and strengthen the jury system in Jamaica.

ROSEAU, Dominica - Jesma Paul-Victor was sworn in as Opposition Leader on Monday, after reaching an agreement with the other independent opposition legislator,  Anthony  Charles, and ending 18 months of a stalemate in the Dominica parliament.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Challenging Barbados’ long-standing two-party dominance, a new political movement has entered the fray with ambitions to contest every seat in Parliament. This comes ahead of the upcoming February 11 election, that was announced late Saturday by Prime Minister Mia Mottley.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé narrowly escaped dismissal late Wednesday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The leader of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed, says he looks forward to being elected opposition leader after the Speaker, Manzoor Nadir, said a meeting will be held on Monday next week to decide on the matter.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Friday said “no international law was breached” and she remains unapologetic in supporting the United States on its fight against the illegal drugs trade in the region.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The newly formed coalition People’s Coalition for Progress (PCP) says it intends to  cause an upset in the February 11 general election in Barbados and has accused Prime Minister Mia Mottley of calling a snap general  election regardless as to  whether or not voters are prepared for the event.

ST.  GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada parliament has given the green light to  legislation amending the existing marijuana legislation marijuana even as Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Tuesday said that  his preference had been for the decriminalisation to take effect from the age of 18 years  given that it is also the age of civil responsibility.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley Saturday night named February 11 as the date for a general election in her country, the second occasion that she has called a snap election within at least one year remaining on her five-year term in office.