As world homicide rate declines, killings rise in Latin America, Caribbean
By John Zarocostas From The State South Carolina GENEVA — Since the beginning of the 21st century, the homicide rate worldwide has dropped by double digits, except in the Caribbean and Latin America, where it’s more than four times above…
Apple found not guilty in $1 billion iPod antitrust trial
By Ray Jablonski, Northeast Ohio Media Group From Cleveland.com Apple has won an antitrust case against claims the company increased its prices on iTunes music between 2006-2009. After just a few hours of deliberations, the eight-member federal jury sided with…
INTERPOL operation nets almost 30 tons of drugs in Central America and Caribbean
By Eurasia Review More than 27.5 tons of drugs have been seized in Operation Lionfish II, an INTERPOL-led initiative targeting the illicit trafficking of drugs and firearms by organized crime groups across Central America and the Caribbean. The seized drugs…
Guilty by Sherwinn Dupes Brice
Guilty by Sherwinn Dupes Brice – www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2R3s27rEw8 About Guilty by Sherwinn “Dupes” Brice Welcome to the beautiful island of St. Lucia. The perfect location for a destination wedding and 2014 Caribbean’s Leading Honeymoon Destination. Dupes’ latest music video for his…
Caribbean Job Market Faces ‘Scenario Of Uncertainty’ In 2015, Says UN Report
From Curacao Chronicle United Nations Day MEXICO CITY, Mexico — An “unusual pattern” has been detected in this year’s urban employment rate in Latin America and the Caribbean, which continued to fall despite warning signs of economic slowdown, said a…
Marijuana growers sprout on Wall Street as pot goes public
By Andy Fixmer From Mashable Derek Peterson may soon become the first CEO of a public company that cultivates, distributes and sells marijuana. Terra Tech Corp., based in Irvine, California, won approval last week from the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Pakistan Taliban: Peshawar school attack leaves 141 dead
BBC News The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil reports from Peshawar: ”It started as a normal school day… but it turned into a massacre” Militants from the Pakistani Taliban have attacked an army-run school in Peshawar, killing 141 people, 132 of them…
Sea of clouds fills Grand Canyon
Sea of clouds fills Grand Canyon in spectacular weather phenomenon By Megan Specia From Mashable A breathtaking weather phenomenon turned the Grand Canyon into a cauldron of soupy cloud cover on Thursday (11) The rare scenes were caused by a…
A Christmas Mosaic
Savannah United Church presented their annual Christmas Cantata on Saturday evening (13th) and on Sunday morning (14th) A Christmas Mosaic, as described by Mr. Noel Wallace, Music Minister, is “a musical portrait that expresses the broad spectrum of moods, sounds…
Deep-sea asphalt mounds found off West African coast
From Planet Earth Scientists have discovered a large area of the deep seabed strewn with mounds of asphalt off the coast of Angola, hosting rich animal life. This is the first such discovery in the Atlantic proper or in the…
