ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - The Director-General of Communications in the Prime Minister’s Office, Maurice Merchant, says any attack on the Housing and Works Minister Maria Browne ‘is an attack on the entire cabinet” of Antigua and Barbuda.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, has accused financiers of the ruling United National Congress (UNC) in Trinidad and Tobago of financing the campaign of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) ahead of the November 27 general elections.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - Grenada's government says it will amend the existing fishing legislation, increasing also the penalty as the island seeks to comply with measures outlined by the United States government.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says its Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin has appointed former Ambassador of Guyana to the United States and the OAS, Riyad Insanally, to lead the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) that the organization will deploy for the General Elections in St. Lucia, scheduled for December 1. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - President Irfaan Ali says a recent High Court ruling has the potential to derail the work of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the country’s ability to collect taxes.

BELMOPAN, Belize - Prime Minister John Briceño has confirmed the resignation of his Agriculture Minister, Jose Abelardo Mai, dismissing suggestions that his administration is “crumbling” as he announced a second cabinet re=shuffle in less than a month.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - The leaders of the two main political parties have expressed confidence of victory in the December 1 general elections as 38 candidates were nominated on Friday to contest the polls.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Former Haitian interim president, Jocelerme Privert Tuesday said for approximately five years, Port-au-Prince has been under the threat of armed gangs, resulting in its complete isolation from the rest of the country as he called for restoration of constitutional and institutional legitimacy in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has dismissed concerns raised by her predecessor, Dr. Keith Rowley regarding the security of Trinidad and Tobago as the United States increases its military presence in the Caribbean region.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, says “it is only a matter of time before CARICOM implodes” warning against regional prime ministers “cavorting around the region and interfering in the affairs and elections of member states”.

UNITED NATIONS – Chile has called on the 80-year-old United Nations to elect a woman to head the organization and is suggesting that the person comes from Latin America and the Caribbean.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former prime minister Dr. Keith Rowley Monday denied signing an agreement with the United States that would allow Washington to use Trinidad and Tobago as a staging ground to attack neighbouring countries such as Venezuela, while reiterating that the Caribbean region should always remain a zone of peace.