GEORGETOWN, Guyana – China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Guo Haiyan, says a documentary by a US-based media outlet, VICE News is intended to smear relations between Beijing and Georgetown and that trade between the two countries has grown by 213 percent over the past five years, reaching US$710 million in 2021.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize says it will not allow charter flights from Haiti to land in the country warning also it is prepared to reverse provisions of allowing Haitians to come to the country without a visa.

LOS ANGELES, CA – CARICOM Chairman John Briceño has described as inexcusable, incomprehensible, and unforgivable, the decision by the United States to exclude Cuba and Venezuela from the ongoing ninth Summit of the Americas.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris has named eight candidates to contest general elections in St. Kitts-Nevis even though he has not yet announced a date for the poll that has been forced upon him following the collapse of his coalition Team Unity government.

NEW YORK, New York – Early voting started on Saturday for a number of Caribbean American candidates seeking public offices in New York Democratic Primary on June 28th. 

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The British government has decided against imposing a partial suspension of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Constitution and has accepted the National Unity Government’s proposal on how to implement the other recommendations outlined in the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report, Governor John Rankin has said.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has dismissed calls from the opposition for Vice President Bharat Jagdeo to step aside or be fired to allow a probe into the allegations of corruption leveled against him by a Chinese businessman.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government has approved the National Diaspora Policy and a plan of action to implement the strategies identified is currently being drafted, Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Leslie Campbell, has said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica government says a Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC), to include representatives from the government, the parliamentary opposition, relevant experts, and the wider society, is to be appointed to ensure the country’s smooth transition to a Republic.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Justice Minister, Delroy Chuck, is encouraging Jamaicans to break the culture of silence and speak out against wrong doing in an effort to solve crime on the island.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA – Jamaica has been elected as one of three Vice Presidents of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former health minister, Dr. Fuad Khan has filed nomination papers to challenge Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, for the leadership of the main opposition United National Congress (UNC).