LONDON, UK - Britain’s King Charles says Commonwealth Day is being observed on Monday at a time of great challenge and great possibility as countries face the increasing pressures of conflict, climate change and rapid transformation.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Natalio Wheatley, says the territory must first strengthen public understanding of independence before any referendum can be considered.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is preparing to launch a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), aligned with the global framework that recognises women’s critical role in conflict prevention and resolution.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) says more than 35 political parties and other stakeholders were registered during the first week of the registration process as Haiti prepares for elections that were last held here in 2016.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – High Court Judge, Damone Younge, has dismissed a case brought by Opposition Leader,  Azruddin Mohamed and his billionaire businessman father, Nazar “Shell” Mohamed, who were seeking to have their foreign exchange dealer’s licence restored.

NEW YORK, New York – New York Attorney General, Letitia James, has joined a coalition of 23 other attorneys general and the City and County of San Francisco in urging the US Supreme Court to reaffirm that birthright citizenship for children of Caribbean and other parentage is a constitutional guarantee that a president cannot undo by executive order.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Chief Justice, Bryan Sykes, Friday slapped a 20 year jail sentence on a former government legislator after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his wife on November 10,  2023.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Newly appointed Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Chris Sinckler, has announced plans to recalibrate Barbados’ foreign policy so as to deal with what he refers to as a rapidly shifting world order.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana says it will sign has signed a series of agreements with St. Kitts and Nevis when the Prime Minister of the twin island Federation, Dr. Terrance Drew, pays an official visit to the country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will hold talks with United States President Donald Trump during her visit to the United States on Saturday, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Nicholas Morris told Parliament on Friday.

ROSEAU,  Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said Monday that government is hoping to finalise an agreement with the United States for signing this week to facilitate third country refugees to be sent to Dominica so as to mitigate scenarios where Washington cannot return these individuals to their state of birth or origin.

BASSETERRE St, Kitts – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has described as a “scurrilous lie and defamatory in the extreme,”  the statement made by her Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla Persad-Bissessar regarding the “kidnapping” of a Trinidad and Tobago national in Barbados in 2022.