Nato summit: £3.5bn armoured vehicle deal to be signed
From BBC ASCOD SV under development by General Dynamics UK The MoD said the new Scout vehicles would be the Army’s “eyes and ears” on future battlefields The Ministry of Defence is set to sign a £3.5bn deal for nearly…
New Ministry Team
The Savannah United Church commissioned three persons as part of their ministry team during worship on Sunday, September 7, 2014. Mr. Noel Wallace, the Music Minister, who has been with the Church for the last 12 years as Music and…
[Turks & Caicos] Police force under scrutiny
From Turks & Caicos Weekly News A thorough review of the actions and inactions of Commissioner of Police Colin Farquhar will take place before his contract comes to an end next year. The investigation is set to be a part…
VLCCs flocking to the Caribbean
From World Maritime News An average of 25 vessels per month are fixed from the Caribbean to Asia so far in 2014, not only to China, but increasingly also to India. Currently, long-haul Caribbean exports to Asia, especially from Venezuela,…
Over 100 arrested in nationwide fast-food workers strike against low pay
By Brian Ries From Mashable More than 100 fast food workers and their supporters were arrested in at least eight cities across the United States on Thursday in a mass act of nonviolent civil disobedience. The workers, who hail from…
insanely secure facility in Nebraska
This is the insanely secure facility in Nebraska where an Ebola-infected American is treated By Kevin Loria From Business Insider A third Ebola patient has come back to the U.S. Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, of Boston, was flown from Liberia…
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Athabaskan departs for Operation CARIBBE
From Government of Canada Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Athabaskan departed Halifax today to support Operation CARIBBE, Canada’s contribution to the multinational campaign against illicit trafficking and organized crime in the Caribbean and on the Pacific coast of Central America….
India among top recipients of remittances from Cayman Islands
From Business Standaerd $2.5 mn has been sent via worker remittances to India by Cayman Islands licenced entities since 2011. Cayman Islands may be widely known as a ‘tax haven’ and a major route for overseas investment flows, but India…
Haiti PM warns Ministers against buying luxurious cars
By Joseph Guyler Delva From HCNN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — Haiti’s Prime minister, Laurent Lamothe, who gave up the lavish motorcade he inherited from his predecessor, reiterated over the weekend his warning to the Caribbean country’s cabinet members against…
Haiti police detain US citizen on orphan abuse charges
By Joseph Guyler C. Delva From HCNN Haiti police detain US citizen on orphan abuse charges Michael Karl Geilenfeld was arrested on Friday and taken to custody PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) — Haitian police, under the authority of the capital’s top…