GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 23, CMC – Guyana is moving towards a national security system that is integrated and technology-driven, featuring smart police stations, artificial intelligence-powered crime prediction tools and full CCTV coverage across the country by 2030, President Irfaan Ali has said. The president made the comments during a news conference at the Office of […]
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Jamaica: Walsh honoured by suggestion to erect statue in his likeness
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 23, CMC – Legendary West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh said he would be honoured to have a statue erected in his likeness at Sabina Park. His comments have come in the wake of a suggestion by Opposition Spokesperson on Labour and Sports, Wavell Hinds in Parliament for Walsh to be rewarded for […]
Woman Dies Following Late-Night Traffic Accident in Frigate Bay
May 23, 2026 – According to a release from the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF), investigations are underway into a fatal traffic accident that claimed the life of Victoria McElwee of Half Moon Bay Villas, Frigate Bay, St. Kitts. Police stated that the incident occurred between 11:30 p.m. on May 22 and […]
Government and Community Honour Nevisian Centenarian Ernestine Wilks
NIA Charlestown, Nevis (May 22, 2026) – A century of life, service, faith, and community contribution was celebrated as Nevisian matriarch Mrs. Ernestine Alberta France Wilks of St. James Parish marked her 100th birthday in the company of family members, friends, church congregants, and government officials. The milestone occasion was observed during a thanksgiving service […]
New Zealand: Funding For New Tools To Beef Up Border Security
Budget 2026 is making a significant investment in Customs’ equipment and people to better protect New Zealand’s borders and to stop illegal drugs and organised crime. “New Zealand and the wider Pacific region are being targeted by transnational, serious and organised crime groups and we need to continue to respond,” Customs Minister Casey Costello says. […]
Great Britain: New Space System Will Better Protect UK Satellites As New Imagery Released
Vital emergency services, military operations and British businesses will be better protected through a new system to protect UK satellites and the services they provide from space. The new software, known as Borealis, is now operational six months ahead of schedule and will better protect the UK by improving the awareness and ability to track […]
United States: Gov. Beshear: More Than $105 Million Secured In FEMA Disaster Funds For 6 Kentucky Hospitals, Emergency Management
Frankfort, Ky. – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that his administration has secured more than $105 million in FEMA disaster funds to reimburse six Kentucky hospitals and Kentucky Emergency Management (KYEM) for expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals receiving funding include AdventHealth Manchester, Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH), Baptist Health, Pikeville Medical Center, T.J. Samson […]
United States: Illegal Alien In Missouri Sentenced to 25 Years For Child Rape
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 […]
United States: Homeland Security Investigations And The U.S. Coast Guard Seize $6.4 Million In Narcotics From Crude Oil Tanker In Port Of Los Angeles
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 […]
United States: Three Sentenced To Prison For Laundering Medicare Fraud Proceeds
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 […]