COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos Islands – The ruling Progressive National Party (PNP) was re-elected to government on Friday after voters gave the 75-year-old Premier Washington Misick another term at the head of the government in this British Overseas Territory.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre said that the government will pay out the more than EC$30 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) in backpay to public servants before the island celebrates its 46th anniversary of political independence from Britain on February 22.

PARIS – The head of Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council (TPC), Leslie Voltaire, says elections in Haiti will take place in November this year.

COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos Islands – Voters in this British Overseas Territory were  on Friday casting ballots to elect a new government with both major parties, the ruling Progressive National Party (PNP) and the main opposition People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) confident of victory.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - An advisor to Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (TPC), Laurent Saint-Cyr, is urging women to play  more meaningful role in the future socio-economic development of Haiti.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has issued a warning to Jamaicans being deported from the United states against carrying out any criminal act in the island.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the time has come for a global war on gangs.

CASTRIES, ST. Lucia – The St. Lucia government Monday said it has approved the creation of the Sovereign Wealth Fund, describing the move as a “forward-thinking public investment fund designed not only to secure sustainable economic development but also to bolster our climate resilience”.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City has launched the first-ever Community Interpreter Bank and the Protect NYC Families initiative to support immigrants amid implementation of President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda.

SANTO DOMINGO , Dominican Republic – United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet with Dominican President Luis Abinader here on Thursday where they will discuss key bilateral and regional issues. 

NEW YORK, New York – A coalition of 22 attorneys general has celebrated winning a court order temporarily blocking United States President Donald J. Trump from withholding trillions of dollars in funding that every state in the country relies on to provide essential services to the American population, including immigrants.

HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President and First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel described as a brutality act the recent announcement from the Trump administration in the United States about forcibly incarcerating thousands of migrants at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay.