NASSAU, The Bahamas and the United States have signed an air services agreement (ASA) that the Caribbean nation said reflects a strong commitment by both countries to the continued strengthening of bilateral relations and the modernization of aviation operations.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana President David Granger has been given a promising diagnosis after completing a medical evaluation last month in Cuba related to being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma last year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Dr. Peter Phillips has been returned as leader of the main Opposition People’s National Party (PNP).

Eight Belizeans have been recognized by the Crown for lifetime services to the country in the annual list of New Year Honours released on Friday by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the London Gazette.

Though the vector control unit in Manchester has heightened its vector control management in the parish, Chief Public Health Inspector for the parish, Charmaine Palmer-Cross, is appealing to residents to take personal responsibility in reducing the impact of mosquito breeding and mosquito-borne diseases.

UNITED NATIONS – Trinidad will early next year host an international conference focused on combating the threat of terrorism in the Caribbean.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit was sworn into office for a fourth consecutive term after leading the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) to a sweeping victory in last month’s general elections.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - The executives of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) and the St. Lucia government signaled the formal relocation of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative to St. Lucia. 

NEW YORK - India is providing a $150 million line of credit to finance renewable energy and climate change-related projects in the Caribbean community (CARICOM), according to a statement issued by the St. Kitts and Nevis government.

ST.GEORGES, Grenada– Grenada’s former Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Preudhomme is dead.

CAYMAN ISLANDS  - The Cayman Islands' medical community has joined together to assist the storm-ravaged people of The Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian's assault on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama last month.

Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I., — Caribbean Airlines continued its partnership with Guyana’s First Lady, Her Excellency, Mrs. Sandra Granger, to transport ‘Shoe that Grows’, in support of the First Lady’s Kind Soles project.