Washington, D.C. – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after a criminal illegal alien in Missouri was sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping and impregnating a 12-year-old girl. He was also initially charged with production of child pornography. According to local reporting, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office arrested Brayanne Escobar-Guarnizo, a […]

Washington, D.C. – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Coast Guard, and other federal agency partners conducted an operation that seized narcotics from a crude oil tanker in Los Angeles. On May 21, HSI Los Angeles, along […]

Three Florida men were sentenced Tuesday to prison for their participation in a scheme to defraud Medicare and launder more than $2.2 million in illicit health care fraud proceeds. Marco Scamarone, 34, of Tamarac, Florida, was sentenced to 70 months in prison. Jose Mendez, 34, of Coral Springs, Florida, was sentenced to 78 months in […]

On May 21, Adys Lastres Morera, a Cuban national with ties to the communist regime in Havana, was arrested following the Department of State’s termination of her lawful permanent resident (LPR) status, at my direction. Morera is now in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Morera is the adult sister of Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, May 22, CMC -Police say they have launched an investigation into a matter after they became aware of a social media post allegedly made by one of its officers following a recent court matter involving a sexual offence. “The public is assured that the matter is being treated seriously and is currently […]

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, May 22, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has announced new measures aimed at enhancing public health safety amid concerns regarding the deadly outbreaks of Hantavirus, Ebola and Malaria in several parts of the world. The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Thursday said that following the declaration by the World […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 22, CMC -The Guyana government says it is advancing plans to develop an industrial hemp industry here with areas  within the country already  identified for hemp cultivation once a processing plant is established. Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, said that the Guyana Industrial Hemp Regulatory Authority has now become operational and that a […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 22, CMC – The Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) is warning against what it described as “fraudulent emails” currently being circulated on social media and claiming to be from the Authority. “The emails falsely reference an “Official Notification Regarding Your Tax Account” and are not legitimate communications from the BRA. The messages also display […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 22, CMC – Government says it has reconstituted the Fiscal Council of Barbados, a body of independent experts charged with one mission, which is to assess, publicly and honestly, how well the government is managing the country’s finances on behalf of the population. “Good governance is not just about making the right […]