GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana and the United States Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) intended to enhance the existing Memorandum of Security Cooperation between the two countries.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that a by-election will be held in the Roseau North constituency on September 7, following the resignation of former parliamentary representative Miriam Blanchard.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has instructed the Office of the Attorney General to review penalties for artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content after a fisherfolk raised concerns over a significant drop in sales linked to misinformation of the MV Barima tragedy.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre Monday said that Opposition Leader Allen Chastanet was intent on damaging “the good name of the country”  when he sent correspondence to several regional and international organisations questioning the transparency, governance, and financial management, including the audit independence of the St. Lucia Social Development Fund (SSDF).

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The British Virgin Islands is developing a new water policy outlining assistance and subsidies for farmers as it moves ahead with plans to improve water storage at the Paraquita Bay Agricultural Station.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, says Africa and the Caribbean must strengthen their historic partnership to achieve economic prosperity and advance reparatory justice for future generations.

BRADES, Montserrat – The Montserrat government says it has advanced efforts at strengthening relationships with Martinique and Guadeloupe in a number of areas that can directly impact the development of the British Overseas Territory.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Arizona television news anchor and Republican politician Kari Lake will have to wait until at least September for a possible Senate vote on her nomination as the next United States Ambassador to Jamaica.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Dominica government says it will establish a National Population Renewal and Global Dominican Engagement Programme as part of the policy towards increasing the island’s population to 100,000 by 2040.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados is introducing new legislation allowing for immigration authorities to screen travellers before they arrive in the country.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prominent Dominican businessman, Gregor Nassief, Friday left open the option of taking legal action to force the government to address what he has described as “disturbing” issues within the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – As the nation marks 64 years of Independence amid ongoing post-Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts, Prime Minister, Dr.  Andrew Holness, has called on Jamaicans to unite behind what he describes as the first major national rebuilding initiative of the country’s post-Independence era.