By CMC News Seven persons suspected to be involved in the gang-related crime wave, that has gripped the Turks and Caicos Islands were arrested last week as the police continue to clamp down on the upsurge in crime and violence in the British Overseas territory. The arrests were made in a multi-pronged approach dubbed “Operation […]
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By AP News Almost 100 migrants, mostly Haitians, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A coast guard helicopter spotted the migrants, 96 Haitians, as well as a passenger each from Uganda and The Bahamas, about 20 […]
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Taipei, Oct. 18 (CNA) Taiwan is planning to donate bulletproof vests to the Haitian National Police to help the Caribbean country tackle its current political, economic and security crisis, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday. Florencia Hsie (謝妙宏), head of MOFA’s Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, said that ever since Haitian […]
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As tensions in the troubled nation mount, gang leader Jimmy Chérizier wants to put gang members in government. by Nathaniel Janowitz Vice Barbecue, a prominent gang leader in Haiti, shouts slogans after giving a speech in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 22, 2021. A former policeman, he fancies himself a man of the people and an enemy […]
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By Brian Ellsworth Oct 17 (Reuters) – The United States and Mexico said on Monday they will seek support from the United Nations for a security mission to restore order in Haiti amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, but did not identify who would lead the mission. Haiti is facing dire shortages of basic goods and […]
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FILE PHOTO – Former minister Tarcisio Freitas gestures next to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a farmer’s fair of banana producers in Pariquera-Acu, Sao Paulo state, Brazil May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli SAO PAULO, Oct 17 (Reuters) – A man was killed near a campaign event in Sao Paulo for a close ally of Brazilian […]
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Image source, Getty Images Many of the Venezuelan migrants walk thousands of kilometres to reach their destination By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News Online Latin America editor More than seven million Venezuelans have left their homeland since 2015 amid an ongoing economic and political crisis, according to new UN data. More than half of […]
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by Karl Evers-Hillstrom THE HILL Americans continue to pay more at the grocery store as surging food inflation shows no signs of slowing down. Grocery prices rose 13 percent over the last year and 0.7 percent in September alone, outpacing the annual 8.2 percent inflation rate for all consumer products, according to the most recent […]
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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, October 17, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The St. Kitts Nevis Anguilla Trading and Development Company (TDC) Limited, at an induction ceremony held on Saturday October 15, named the eight Warren C. Tyson Memorial Scholarship Programme awardees for 2022. They were drawn one each from the eight public secondary/high schools in St. Kitts […]
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 17, 2022) — The following is an announcement from the Ministry of Human Resources in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) regarding the availability of postgraduate study opportunities offered by the Embassy of the Republic of Chile. The Ministry of Human Resources in the Nevis Island Administration wishes to inform you that the Embassy of the […]
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